Peace and Pasta in Malta! Today, it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t love pasta! With so many options on the market, including wholewheat, gluten-free, ones made from lentils and beans, it’s hard not to find one you’ll like. It remains a true favourite for many families across the globe, a staple in everyone’s diet.
It’s the quintessential comfort food. One that makes you feel closer to home, to family or to friends. It’s a dietary staple to most, and has been a true testimony to time. It has held its place throughout ancient eras, consumed by our ancestors and a true favourite for families across there globe. It has grown be known to every corner of the world.
They dedicated October to National Pasta Month! And believe it or not, spaghetti has its very own day – 4th January!
There isn’t much to be said about pasta itself, if we’re honest. It’s made from the most basic ingredients. Well, our favourite dry boxed pasta, like Barilla, contains semolina flour and water. Fresh pasta, on the other hand, is made solely with flour and eggs (some brands do offer varieties containing eggs). That’s pretty much it! So what more can we say?
Throughout the Middle Ages, breakfast was thought of neither as important nor necessary and was often frowned upon. The Catholic Church considered it to be a sin associated with gluttony and if you were unfortunate enough to wake up hungry and eat, then it must be because you had other lustful appetites such as alcohol. Eating in the morning was restricted to the elderly, the sick or to those who were labourers and farmers and required sustenance to get them through their morning work.
But all this changed at the turn of the 15th century when Europeans started increasingly indulging in breakfast, but if you think that coffee formed part of their morning meal, it didn’t! Can you imagine a world without coffee? It was the 16th century that we owe our thanks to for introducing caffeinated drinks to the market, and in the 1700s it became a popular drink to consume at morning times. Some parts of Europe established meat as part of their morning routine for breakfast, but the majority remained on the ‘contintental’ style that we know nowadays.