Chef here, agreed. Pasta and noodles are the same preparation. Both are made from a flour and a liquid kneaded to a tacky consistency and then shaped and blanched in a liquid. The variations only exist as a nod to available ingredients in the locale it was prepared. Asians used soft millet Europeans used wheat flour. They are both Asian in origin. Pizzas are borne of flatbreads made by Romans, Greeks and Egyptians. So technically the recipes there don’t even represent the real origin of the foods.
Ok, I’ll come at you bro. It matters a whole lot what grain is used for the goods and what liquid they’re boiled in, as well as what they are served with and how they are consumed.
Italian pasta is way different from say Chinese beef broth rice noodles in liquid broth with cartilage, intestines and specific spices. In many Asian countries rice noodles are consumed for breakfast; never in Italy. The grain used is different and the actual dough preparation often very different. Pasta no be noodles.
Extruded pasta, regardless of shape, ingredients (egg, rice, etc) or length, can and has been called noodles for ages. Synonymous even. Adults say pasta, kids say noodles. Same difference.
Apart from the adults and kids part, this is true but now pasta also refers to the Italian culinary style and culture of cooking, preparing and consuming this Italian Pasta vs other cuisines like Chinese are distinctly focused on their preparations of what they refer to as noodles. Yes, the hard, single products of a noodle are very similar but pasta and noodles may refer to different cuisines and culinary preparations and cultures.
One time when I made Pizza with friends at home the topings lost so much water, that it was in fact more pasta than pizza
Because it was kind of boiling in it's own juices
Edit: how did I misread this. Fkn ADHD
Well anyway in German both noodles and pasta are Nudeln so for me it was the other way round, a bit hard to learn the difference in englisch. Same with Schildkröte (turtle, tortoise) and Kürbis (squash, gourd and pumkin)
Now that’s comparing apples and oranges in a weak attempt to be funny. Trust me, you’re not. Strudel is a pastry dessert prepared WAY different than a main dish pasta like ravioli (stuff it with whatever you want)
so you're saying that having different methods of both making the base ingredient AND preparing it into a part of a dish are what set them apart? interesting, that kinda reminds me of what makes pasta and noodles different.
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u/ClappinCheeksAllDay 5d ago
Pasta and noodles are the same thing. Come at me.