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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Pasta Making Machines Questions - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 23:40:19 EDT
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uicsl!wombat    Oct 20 15:51:00 1983

We received an "Atlas Marcato" manual pasta maker as a wedding gift.
It's great. I like ours so much I gave my aunt one, too. Here in
Champaign-Urbana, it cost $35. It comes with a double-headed cutter
for 1/16" and 1/4" wide noodles. I recently bought a lasagna cutter
for it, but haven't tried it yet ($15). It does take a while to
make pasta, but it's worth it. Depending on how often you want to
it eat, you can take a day to make several meals worth, then dry and
store what isn't used that night. I'd recommend giving a cookbook
with the machine; the Atlas comes with brief instructions poorly
translated from Italian, and only a few recipes. "Sophie Kay's
Pasta Cookery" (an HP book, $6.95) has clear instructions for using
a pasta machine, as well as recipes for broccoli, spinach, carrot,
beet, egg, ... pastas, as well as recipes for using pastas in
soups, casseroles, desserts, meat dishes, ... There are some sauces,
too. The book seems to be sold nearly anyplace that the machines are
sold. I believe the most recent Consumer Reports (Nov.) mentions
pasta makers in the gifts section.
						Wombat
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