How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Pasta-perhaps the most popular Italian dish-originates in Sicily of the XII century. For a long time, it remained a food for the rich and privileged, and only in the XVIII century, industrial production turned pasta into the main cheap product for most Italians. The mass immigration of Italians to America at the beginning of the XX century helped pasta to gain huge popularity outside of Italy and become a national Italian dish. 

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

However, until the end of the 50s, many people had no idea how it was made, and even believed that pasta grew on trees. We offer you to see what the production of pasta really looked like in 1925-1955, not only in Italy, but also in the UK and the USA.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

A worker hangs pasta to dry at a factory in Italy, 1932.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

the year is 1932.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Chef makes tagliatelle in King Bomba — one of the largest Italian delicatessen stores in Soho, London, 1939.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

An employee of a pasta factory in Russia.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Zelda Albano slices spaghetti at a factory in Holloway, London, 1955.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

An employee of the Atlantic Macaroni Company hangs spaghetti for drying at a factory in Long Island City, New York, 1943.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Spaghetti is dried at a pasta factory in Italy.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Approximately 1955.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Employees of the pasta factory.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Young factory workers take out pasta to dry in the yard, 1929.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

the year is 1929.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

the year is 1929.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Pasta is dried in a factory in Naples, Italy, circa 1925.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Approximately 1925.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

the year is 1928.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

An Italian factory worker bends dried spaghetti with a stick, 1932.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

Spaghetti is dried on the beach of Amalfi, Italy, 1949.

How to make pasta in the first half of the XX century

The paste is hung up for drying on the market.

Keywords: Italy | Factory | Retro | Food and drinks | Spaghetti | Pasta

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