History of Spaghetti and Pasta
Pasta and especially spaghetti have managed to infiltrate our modern
culture, cuisine pop culture, and become immensely famous not because
they instantly gave us the means to replenish our bodies with healthy
and nutritious food, but also because they gave our cuisine a new sense
of fashion, invention, freedom and ability to experiment. This was
possible not only because their basic recipe gave us the ability to change
the appearance of the final meal as we wish to, but also because we were
given the opportunity to truly experiment with ingredients, toppings,
spices and fillings of countless shapes, sizes and origins.
Spaghetti History
Culinary history of our world was significantly changed with the
expansion of famous spaghetti outside of the borders of Italy several
centuries ago. Now, this meal represents one of the most popular foods
in the world, and its road through our history is only started.
Facts about Spaghetti
With several centuries of history, spaghetti managed to evolve into
countless forms and recipes that are enjoyed daily all across the world.
Here you can find out more about spaghetti types, facts and the way
they impact our health.
Making Spaghetti
If you have wanted what is the structure of spaghetti or how to make
them in your own home, jump in here and get all the relevant
information’s in one place.
Brief History
With history that reaches all the way back to 1st century BC, meals made
from pasta managed to evolve in its homeland of Ancient Rome and
later Italy and Sicilia, slowly becoming more and more popular with
newer and better recipes. Meals like lasagna, pizza and spaghetti are
today synonyms for the Italian and Sicilian cuisine, but their rise to
popularity beyond the borders of those sunny Mediterranean countries
was not as easy as you may think. But lets start from the beginning.
History of pasta meals had deep origins in the eastern Mediterranean
countries such as Greece and several territories of Middle East and
Arabian Peninsula. There, meals made form dough were different in
many ways to the food that was used on daily basis in Ancient Roman
Empire. As historian records can tell us, the direct origin of the Italian
pasta came from the Arab meal called “itriyya” that was often described
by the Greeks as “dry pasta”. This durable and long lasting meal was one
of the main sources of nutrition for Arab traders who traveled all across
then-known world outside of Europe. Because of their nomadic nature
and military conquest, the first European contact with itriyya was
recorded sometimes during 7th century AD when Arabs managed to
occupy Sicily. There were rumors about Marco Polo bringing Chinese
recipe of pasta to the Italy, but his travels happened more than 500 years
later.
After Arab forces retreated for Sicily, their recipe for pasta meals
remained, enabling Sicilian lower class to started experimenting with
recipes and slowly promoting it to higher classes. By 12th century,
Sicilian written records of spaghetti proved that pasta was commonplace,
and soon industrial advances enabled Sicilians and Italians to start
producing pasta products much faster and efficiently. Off course, there
could not be a true popularity of pasta without the most important and
beloved food toppings of all time ketchup, which was introduced in 18th
century Italy and was used extensively in early Pizzas and Spaghetti.
Worldwide popularity of pasta products was reached between early and
mid-20th century with the mass arrival of the Italian and Sicilian
immigrants to the shores of United States. They immediately started
promoting traditional meals from their homeland, but the true adoption
happened after World War 2 when US soldiers returned home carrying
with them the tales of interesting European meals. That mixed with the
promotion by popular Hollywood starts of Italian heritage and discovery
of cheap refrigeration enabled industrial manufacturers to start selling
pre-made pasta meals, which was the key moment in expansion of pasta
across entire world.
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