Pasta Dishes Around the World: 8 Noodles Not From Italy or East Asia
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A A AItaly and Asia unarguably have the pasta market cornered. The slightest mention of noodles usually conjures up images of spaghetti coated in red sauce or heaping plates of chow mein. But, while those two are duking it out to decide who invented the starchy favorite, other countries lay claim to their own unique variations. Here are eight such examples.
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Fideua, Spain
Fideua looks strikingly like Spanish paella, though it differs from the rice dish in its use of noodles. Its roots can be drawn to the Catalan and Valencian regions of Spain. According to one account, fideua was invented in the city of Gandia when a cook substituted pasta in paella as he was out of rice.
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