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...and have ever wondered, an electric pasta maker is really great. Bought a Lello 2 years ago, haven't used store-bought pasta products since. This stuff makes easily, tastes great, freezes well cooked or raw, reheats better than any I've tried. Pre-cooked and stored in ziplocks, it's great for the RV. The machines can be expensive, but well-made and well worth it. All kinds of possibilities, just thought I'd share.
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The hand crank machines work really well also. Nothing compares to home made pasta.
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used to use the roller type, great flat shapes. This thing's an actual extruder, mixes the dough then pushes out the shapes. Angel hair tonight, with eggplant parm a/o marinara fresca. Best macaroni ever. Very little labor, too.
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Do you have different tube attachments? Can you to Penne etc? Now that would be sweet at home!
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Are you saying that home made stuff is better than a store boughten can of Spaghetti-Os?????
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I have 6 different dies, just choose the shape. many more available. Penne, 2 sizes linguini, fettucine, spaghetti, etc. Can get dies for eggroll wrappers/lasagna, etc. I put 1.5 or 3 cups of flour in, turn it on, put 2 or 4 eggs in, let it knead, open a "Gate" and cut it off as it comes out. It's really neat, one of the best toys I ever got. Cleanup- let it dry, knock the dry stuff off.
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Green with envy here. Do you have a link to one for sale in a catalog???
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leanwolf, it's probably not better if you just want to mix in pork 'n beans over the campfire, but for everything else... gives a whole new dimension to life around here, which was already pretty darn good. For perspective- the Mrs. and I can have, say, spaghetti with from-scratch EVERYTHING to feed 10 good eaters, if we have an hour or two warning...
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I got this one from chefscatalog.com- was on huge sale at the time, bought one more for one of our boys, then they ran out. They might have them again. There were 2 sizes, I have the smaller one. If I knew then, I'd have bought them out.
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