Musings of a Pastafarian...

OK, I'll be the first to admit it... I'm a pasta snob, a pasta elitist, a pasta junkie!  I didn't used to be that way it just kind of took over and grabbed me hard!  It all started with those boxes of dried pasta, the original gateway pasta.  I then progressed to those fancy designer pasta's and found I was getting further and further away from my closest friends and family who still clung to the old boxed versions.  Then... I went to Italy, the very epicenter of my pasta junkie dependencies.  I still remember the first meal in a little cozy café off the beaten path.  I had prepared for months.  I had practiced my Italian, brushed up on all the culinary combinations of the glorious strands and sheets!  Stuffed, filled, rolled, white sauces, red sauces, baked pasta I craved and wanted it all!  That first dish, spaghetti carbonara, Oh My!  It wasn't what I expected, it was more... much more, It was creamy, velvety, perfect al dente!  Halfway through I was a silent obsessive mess, the crispy prosciutto, luscious noodles, the perfect parmesan with the silky egg mixture coating the noodles... my brain was releasing dopamine's like Niagara Falls.  We spent 7 days and nights feeding my habit and now... well I am who I am.  I have become a maker of pasta, there I said it, I make my own pasta.  I no longer have to wander the streets for the perfect pasta.  I control my own pasta addiction! 

You to can make your own pasta and once you do well, you will know where I am in my addiction and have the ability to feed yours at will.  First, you will need to invest in a pasta maker.  I have a table top, hand crank version an Imperia... Here is a link you might check out ..
Imperia Pasta Maker  

This is what mine looks like:  In the box...

 

Out if the box, all the pieces...

And what it looks like on the counter assembled...

Now, I generally don't use the attachment because I find it easier and faster to cut the noodles by hand.  I will post a recipe for pasta, maybe even a video showing just how simple it is to become a pasta king or queen!  Look for it soon...  Go ahead give it a try feed your desire...  Ciao!