Pasta is a famous food and widely consumed throughout the world. It is also a very nutritious and delicious product that can be prepared in many ways. Keep reading and find out 10 curiosities about pasta that you should know.
Curiosities about pasta
- It is the most popular dish in the world. An OXFAM study determined that it is present in all parts of the globe, even much more than pizza, rice or meat.
- Spaghetti is the most popular type of pasta that is known, but in reality there are an infinite number of varieties; In total, more than 600 different types and forms of pasta have been counted.
- Apparently the real origin of pasta dates back to the Etruscan civilization , as evidence has been found that they crushed various cereals which they mixed with water and then cooked. The result? A very nutritious food similar to the pasta that we know.
- Another curiosity about pasta is that despite being classified as a carbohydrate, depending on the brand, a cup of pasta can contain up to 8g of protein.
- It is one of the most respectful foods with the planet, since being of plant origin causes less environmental impact than other products of animal origin.
- When pasta began to be commercialized industrially, its production process was artisanal: it was made with the feet of women who, as a dance, crushed the barley.
- At first the forks only had two ends; It was thanks to the pasta that they started to have three ends, as it was easier to eat it that way.
- Italy is the country that produces the most pasta worldwide with 3,316,728 tons per year. The second largest producer is the United States with 2,000,000.
- It is believed that the introduction of pasta to Italy is due to the Arabian influence on the island of Sicily and not by Marco Polo as has been said.
- Among the curiosities about pasta that you should know is that it makes us happy. The pasta is rich in tryptophan, a substance that affects the levels of serotonin in the brain, a neurotransmitter associated with happiness and good spirits.
