[rollei_list] OT: Marco Polo Exposed!

At 02:19 PM 5/25/06 -0700, todd belcher wrote:

>It is well documented that pasta in Italy did not originate with  
>Marco Polo. In fact marco Polo in his own book, "I Millioni" says  
>that the Chinese make a "lasagna similar to that which we prepare  
>with wheat flour.

Thanks, Todd, for your quck, polite, and thorough response.  I do stand
corrected though I would still like to know the origins of Italian pasta,
as such does not seem to have been an item in the time of the Roman Empire.

Marc

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Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!


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