TRIVIA QUESTION: Spaghetti or rice - which came first to Italy?
TRIVIA ANSWER: Historians have always claimed that Marco Polo introduced noodles to Italy
when he returned from his travels across the Orient in the thirteenth century. It now
appears that this may not be true, and that Marco Polo may have only discovered that the
Chinese also had noodles. (It all depends on how you interpret written accounts of his
trip). Either way, the Spaniards introduced rice to Italy in the 1400's, so spaghetti came
first.
Recipe:
Curry Chicken
with Rice
Hot and Sour Shrimp Lo Mein
Longevity Noodles
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