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>> Judith go wrote:
>>> "bugbear" > wrote in message
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>>> Try buying semolina pasta flour and following the recipes on the packet.
>>> From there you can experiment to get where you wish to be.
>>> I made pasta at home for years before moving to Italy.
>>> You don't really say what your malfunction is....
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>> Because I don't know :-(
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>> The only constant is the texture of my result;
>> the pasta is dense, and the surface very smooth.
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>> In the mouth it has a texture I would describe
>> as "slimy leather".
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>> Not good!
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>> I have had this same result with 3 types of flour.
>> (bread, type '0' and type '00')
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>> BugBear
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> I saw on a cable show called Avventura a lady making pasta at home in
> Italy. She said she didn't like using a machine because the smooth rollers
> made the pasta smooth and she used a wooden roller on a wooden board to
> overcome this.
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> Said with the unevenness of the wood, it left the pasta rough so it would
> pick up sauce better.
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> Actually, she said it in Italian and the guy translated it, otherwise I
> wouldn't have known what she said.
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> FWIW.
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> Hoges in WA
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Yes. it's true! if you want a rough pasta you need a wood pasta board (used
and cut many times before) and a wooden roller.
BTW my pasta, maden with Pasta machine is rough enough! And you know whY? I
don't let my pasta dry before cut it.

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