Don't overcook it. Follow directions on the package, then begin testing for 'al dente' about three-quarters of the recommended time.
The noun "paste" has the adjective form "pasty." But one use of pasty comes from the white color of paste, and is synonymous with "pale."
Pasta comes from China originally.
pasta origanaly comes from china, not italy!!
Tomato pasta sauce comes from Tomato's.
The way it is perforated.
It comes from the word păsta(m), from the greek πάστα which means 'flour with sauce" which comes from the verb pássein - 'to knead'.
IT comes from wheat and wheat comes from grains
The word "pasta" comes from Italy. It is a general term for various types of noodles made from a dough of durum wheat flour and water.
Pasty Harris was born in 1944.
pasta!
When you overcook rice it becomes pasty and the pasty mass of overcooked rice is not easily masticated (chewed). Otherwise there is no real reason "not" to overcook the rice. It does not remove anything but the starch & make it mushy. Nutrient content remains basically the same. To make it good to eat and not to loose its main minerals.
There is about 380 calories in a meat and potato pasty.