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valis2Just watched a cooking show. The host was making pasta "the traditional way."
First she piles up this huge mound of flour on a board. She makes a big divot in the center and breaks some eggs into the divot. (I'm having Close Encounters flashbacks at this point.) She whisks the eggs in the center, and then she takes her hands, puts them into the egg, and starts bringing in the flour from the edges to make the dough. I'm thinking, why doesn't she just do this in a bowl? She starts saying how this is the "traditional" method and she makes a little comment about how this is the way it's done. Once she has her ball of dough, she throws away most of the leftover flour.
Then after the dough has risen, she feeds it through an electric pasta maker.
I am not making this up. Husband and I just kept looking at each other, making "bwuh?" noises and laughing.
First she piles up this huge mound of flour on a board. She makes a big divot in the center and breaks some eggs into the divot. (I'm having Close Encounters flashbacks at this point.) She whisks the eggs in the center, and then she takes her hands, puts them into the egg, and starts bringing in the flour from the edges to make the dough. I'm thinking, why doesn't she just do this in a bowl? She starts saying how this is the "traditional" method and she makes a little comment about how this is the way it's done. Once she has her ball of dough, she throws away most of the leftover flour.
Then after the dough has risen, she feeds it through an electric pasta maker.
I am not making this up. Husband and I just kept looking at each other, making "bwuh?" noises and laughing.
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:02 am (UTC)Ooh, that reminds me, my friend was going to make fresh pasta last night and he needed people to take some (I guess it's hard to make a small batch?) and I forgot.
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Date: 2010-12-21 03:20 am (UTC)OMG I LOVE YOUR ICON!!
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Date: 2010-12-21 03:54 am (UTC)sez the American - but I'm half English! I get Christmas pudding :D
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Date: 2010-12-21 08:31 am (UTC)So, so traditional. I mean, it could have, at the very least, been a crank machine.
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