Pasta
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| - | # A type of [[pasta]] in the form of short [[tube]]s. | + | '''Pasta''' is a generic term for foods made from an [[unleavened]] [[dough]] of [[wheat]] or [[buckwheat]], [[flour]] and [[water]], sometimes with other ingredients such as eggs and [[vegetable]] extracts. Pastas include [[noodle]]s in various lengths, widths and shapes, and varieties that are filled with other ingredients like [[ravioli]] and [[tortellini]]. The word pasta is also used to refer to dishes in which pasta products are a primary ingredient. It is usually served with sauce. |
| - | # (''used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey'') A generic term for [[pasta]]. | + | |
| - | # In the [[eighteenth]] and [[nineteenth]] [[century|centuries]], a man who dressed and often spoke in an [[ostentatiously]] [[affected]] and [[effeminate]] manner. | + | |
| - | # A sort of [[droll]] or [[fool]]; a [[fop]]; – applied especially to [[English]] fops of about 1775. | + | |
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Pasta is a generic term for foods made from an unleavened dough of wheat or buckwheat, flour and water, sometimes with other ingredients such as eggs and vegetable extracts. Pastas include noodles in various lengths, widths and shapes, and varieties that are filled with other ingredients like ravioli and tortellini. The word pasta is also used to refer to dishes in which pasta products are a primary ingredient. It is usually served with sauce.
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