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The English word pasta generally refers to noodles and other food products made from a flour and water paste, often including also egg and salt. Less frequently, the term macaroni is used for the same products. Pasta can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient, served with sauce or seasonings. The word comes from Italian pasta which means basically "paste", and by extension "dough", "pasta", or "pastry" as in "small cake". As recently as 1918 the English word "paste" was used instead of or alongside the Italian pasta[1]. Today the word pasta is reserved for Italian-style noodles in English-speaking countries, while the word noodle has a more general meaning.
Wheat noodles are by far the most common noodles in Asia (c.f., Chinese noodles and the Japanese udon and somen) and Europe (c.f., spaghettiSpaghetti is sometimes considered the typical Italian dish. It is a form of long, thin round pasta. In Italy, it is frequently served in a tomato sauce. In the USA, it is frequently served with meatballs. The word is the plural of the Italian word spaghet), while rice noodles tend to be rare outside of Asia. Dried Italian-style pasta is made from durumDurum wheat (T. turgidum durum) is the only tetraploid species of wheat widely cultivated today. Durum is the hardest of all wheats. Its high protein content and gluten strength make durum good for pasta and bread. It is not, however, good for cakes, whic wheat flour, which gives it a light yellow color. Asian-stype noodles as well as most fresh noodles are made from regular (non-durum) wheat flour.
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