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Speaking of pasta, Italy is a very diverse place.
In the west, we tend to think of Italy as being a very old nation but it is, collectively, not.
It actually only dates back to the mid 19th century as a united nation. Technically, Italy is about 100 years younger, as a nation, than the USA. Prior to that it was a mess of city states and/or Austrian, French or other "controllers", depending on the era chosen for consideration.
This is very evident in the variances of tastes and pasta experiences from one part of Italy to the next.
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