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THE MEN BEHIND FATTI’S & MONI’S WERE RIVALS AT FIRST“Fatti’s & Moni’s is a part of South Africa’s Italian heritage but t...
18/12/2021

THE MEN BEHIND FATTI’S & MONI’S WERE RIVALS AT FIRST
“Fatti’s & Moni’s is a part of South Africa’s Italian heritage but the two names didn’t always live so happily side by side,” explains the brand’s website.

In 1896, Luigi Fatti opened a small Joburg grocery store selling Italian foodstuffs. A decade later, brothers Pietro and Giacomo Moni set up a similar shop.

When World War 1 made it difficult to import goods from Italy, the Moni brothers decided to start making their own pasta. This was the start of a fierce rivalry between the two businesses which lasted until 1925 when a “peace treaty” was signed and they merged to become the United Macaroni Company.

This was renamed Fatti’s & Moni’s in 1982 and today it’s owned by Tiger Brands.

THE WORLD’S LARGEST BOWL OF PASTA WEIGHED 7,900KGThe Guinness World Record for the largest bowl of pasta was set in Pola...
17/12/2021

THE WORLD’S LARGEST BOWL OF PASTA WEIGHED 7,900KG
The Guinness World Record for the largest bowl of pasta was set in Poland in 2015. it took 40 chefs over 19 hours to cook and prepare it.

THE NAMES OF MANY PASTA SHAPES ARE PRETTY UNAPPETISINGPasta names might sound charming in Italian but they lose some of ...
17/12/2021

THE NAMES OF MANY PASTA SHAPES ARE PRETTY UNAPPETISING
Pasta names might sound charming in Italian but they lose some of their appeal when directly translated into English. The word “pasta” itself literally means “paste”. “Linguine” means “little tongues, “orecchiette” is “little ears” and “vermicelli” translates as “little worms” – try not to think about that when forking some into your mouth.

THERE ARE OVER 600 PASTA SHAPESThat’s according to America’s National Pasta Association. Here are some shapes you probab...
15/12/2021

THERE ARE OVER 600 PASTA SHAPES
That’s according to America’s National Pasta Association. Here are some shapes you probably didn’t know existed: gigli (resembles a bell-shaped flower), rotelle (wagon wheels), mafaldine (ribbon-shaped) and anelli (thin circles).

PASTA ISN’T ORIGINALLY FROM ITALY – OR IS IT?Italy and pasta are synonymous, so it might come as a surprise to discover ...
15/12/2021

PASTA ISN’T ORIGINALLY FROM ITALY – OR IS IT?
Italy and pasta are synonymous, so it might come as a surprise to discover the Italians might not have invented it. According to Food Network Canada, the Chinese have been eating noodles since as early as 5000BC.

Many people credit the famed Italian explorer Marco Polo for having brought pasta to Italy from China in the 13th century. However, the International Pasta Organisation reckons this is a myth based on the plot of a popular movie from the 1930s. They say pasta dates to Italy’s ancient Etruscan civilisations and Sicilians had been making it for over two centuries before Polo returned from his travels to the Far East.

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