Stuffed pastas
I just read here that Italians buy 49 thousand tons of stuffed pastas each year. That’s 98 million pounds or about 48 million kilos. Add to that the many thousands of tons made by loving mothers and grandmothers and a few men. My neighbors would rather strip naked in the streets than buy tortellini!
If you count only the bought, it comes to a mere 1.66 pounds, less than a kilo, per person, but that includes people who are in comas and babies still nursing.
Just yesterday I ate a salad made of tortelli and cucumbers and tomatoes. Very nice it was, too. I made it with a nicely herbed vinaigrette, ladled the hot pasta over the cool vegetables and eccola!
How much stuffed pasta does your household consume?
6 comments August 27th, 2008
