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I've made my own pasta on several occasions but when it comes down to it I like like the dried stuff better and its less work. Still it was fun experience.

the knife looks slightly serrated and she flips it inside out so that it gets the little ridges...brilliant

I never do, and honestly, no matter how easy everyone says it is, it's one of the things I'd as soon buy, saving time and mess. And don't tell me how superior homemade is. I've eaten some pretty amazing (pretty expensive) premade fresh pasta.

Chez Pim recently posted a two-part recipe for hand-made pasta (that doesn't need a pasta maker) and pork ragu (which I now know from having made it that it's an awesome recipe).

Oh! She's flipping it inside out! I couldn't figure out what she was doing there. Thanks, Kelly!

It's hard to understand what she's saying, but I think it boils down to, "I'm making orecchiette." (She's got a southern accent and a bit of a dialect.)

I love that orecchiette mean "little ears" in Italian. They are like little ears!! Yum! :)

OneWallKitchen- Can you post a link?

There was a hilarious segment on Jamie's Great Italian Escape when he goes down this side street filled with grannies making pasta outside on their steps and he gets schooled by this little six-year-old girl who's making pasta with her granny. It seems it's all in having the right pressure.