SC - Seeking wheat illumination - OOP

[Christina Nevin]

Saluti,
A couple of weeks ago I had the most wonderful luck, and found one of those
heavy metal Italian pasta machines in Oxfam for GBP 5.00 (instead of the
usual 60 - 100) <gloat gloat>
I've never made pasta before so thought I may as well do it right the first
time and use durum wheat. Problem is, I can't find any. Now I know semolina
is made of durum wheat, so my question (which is probably a stupid one, but
never mind) is this: is there a difference? That is to say, can I make pasta
out of the semolina, or should I keep looking for durum wheat? It looks a
bit granular to make dough from. Any suggestions appreciated!
Ciao,
Lucretzia 
 
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Lady Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia   |  mka Tina Nevin
Thamesreach Shire, The Isles, Drachenwald | London, UK
thorngrove at geocities.com | http://www.geocities.com/~thorngrove  
"...it is natural for friars not to know how to do anything except guzzle
soup." - Aretino, 1536 
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