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whats the difference between pasta and noodle?

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  • M.H.
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    The word pasta comes from Italian pasta which means basically "paste", but also "dough", "pasta", or "pastry" (as in small cake). Today the word "pasta" is reserved for Italian-style noodles in English-speaking countries, while the word "noodle" has a more general meaning, including many similar Asian products. The word noodle actually is derived from the German Nudel, meaning... pasta.

    Pasta can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient, served with sauce or seasonings.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Divine Pasta's believes in the Book of Garlic Bread Sacred Noodle's believe that the FSM was in fact French, not Italian Pasta. The triad member left out is the Eastern Sect of Rice Noodle

  • 1 decade ago

    Pasta is an Italian word that originates from the word for the dough. Pasta can be either noddles or macaroni .The difference is that type of flour used and noodles have egg in them.

  • 1 decade ago

    A noodle describes a way pasta can be formed.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Pasta is a generic term for Italian variants of noodles, food made from a dough of flour, water and/or eggs, that is boiled. They are the same!

  • 1 decade ago

    Noodles are the crappy little things that are in Campbells chicken noodle soup. I make pasta.

  • 1 decade ago

    pasta plural and noodle singular

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    pasta comes in many different forms: linguini, penny, etc. primarily used in Italian cooking and stuff like that. noodle are primarily in asian cooking: chinese, japanese, etc. all i know is that they both taste good:)

  • 1 decade ago

    There isn't any difference. Just different lingo. All tastes the same, except those with veg base.

  • 1 decade ago

    noodles are long and skinny.

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