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Author Topic: Home-Made Pasta Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-22-2004 09:47 PM                     I just ordered a pasta attachment for my KitchenAid mixer and I'm curious... ...does home-made pasta get cooked or is it served/eaten "raw" ?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-22-2004 10:00 PM                    I believe you cook it at least that's how I have seen it done on cooking shows.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-22-2004 10:15 PM                     Did I mention that I host a cooking show? Soon as I figure this out I'll probably demo the technique in an episode. My hunch is that it should be cooked because of the egg content. I'm sure that the attachment will come with a recipe booklet and instructions but I figured...why wait to find out? [ 02-22-2004, 11:25 PM: Message edited by: Manny Knowles ]  |  IP: Logged Josh Jones Redhat Posts: 1207 From: Plano, TX Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-22-2004 11:46 PM                        I always though you just let it dry, then cook it, but I could be wrong Josh  |  IP: Logged Paul Trimboli Master Film Handler Posts: 274 From: Perth Western Australia Registered: Dec 2002 posted 02-22-2004 11:50 PM                     Being from an Italian family I know the answers, you cook fresh pasta, if you ate it raw it would be, well like eating raw dough! The stuff you buy in a packet is made in the same way and dried, while if you make it fresh it will normally last a couple of days in the fridge and you cook in a pot of boiling salted water.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-22-2004 11:56 PM                     Thanks Paul. You said that the "box" pasta is made in the same way. I wonder if that means that you don't find a difference between home-made versus store-bought.  |  IP: Logged Paul Trimboli Master Film Handler Posts: 274 From: Perth Western Australia Registered: Dec 2002 posted 02-23-2004 12:48 AM                     There is a gigantic differnece between shop bought and home made, they taste nothing the same to me. I prefer some home made fresh pasta to dry, but if it were say spagetti then I prefer dry.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-23-2004 01:41 AM                        Home-made Snickers bars also taste better than store-bought.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-23-2004 12:30 PM                     It makes a huge difference in the taste if you cook it fresh compared to dry. Personally I prefer dry. Being as I was married into an Italian family they always forced the fresh stuff on me - I never really liked it as much. Usually (as for as I know) when you make it fresh at home, there is a period of time it needs to set before cooking- either in the refrigerator (less time) or set out (More time, better taste). At least thats always what I was told, I've never made it myself. And I know you usually cook it for about 4-6 minutes at a very low level of boiling water. Hope that helps!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-23-2004 06:51 PM                     And I was hoping this thread would be for a home made Projector Oil recepie.... Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 02-23-2004 07:33 PM                     I have a Brazilian recipe using boiling corn oil to remove the glue from old projector lenses Fresh pasta is too fresh for taste  |  IP: Logged

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