[Sca-cooks] pasta question

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Alexa:
>I have found research material holding up that pasta
>is period, however in more than likely a simple shape
>not the complex ones we have now.  I also have found
>things showing simple mixed greens as a salad with an
>oil/vinegar dressing. 
>Is there anything that documents something like a
>pasta salad where the oil/vinegar dressing is applied
>to pasta?

I haven't seen anything that might document such a practice in 
period. It may be out there, of course, but I haven't seen it. In 
general, the pasta recipes I've seen involve boiling the pasta in 
fatty broth, then serving it either in the broth, or with butter and 
cheese, and spice powder.

There may be one or two late period Italian recipes involving a 
squeeze of orange in addition to the other stuff, but they don't 
really resemble a modern pasta salad.

Adamantius

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