Museums of pasta, pasta in Italy and Japan. National Museum of Macaroni (pastas) Macaroni Museum Rome Italy

As you all know, pasta is the traditional signature dish of the Italians, which they are very proud of. That is why in Rome wonderful created Macaron Museum. It is located on the slope of the Quirinale hill, just behind the square of the beautiful Trevi Fountain.
The museum has as many as 11 halls; during the tour, visitors are told all about the history of the creation and distribution of pasta.

You find yourself in the world of pasta, its history can be seen in the items that are needed to prepare this dish. You will be able to see a rich collection of stamps, photographs, postcards that are related to such a beloved product of Italians. By visiting the museum you will learn secrets and recipes for making pasta that are simply amazing. The museum also has a whole exhibition of photographs depicting celebrities eating pasta.

The abundance of pasta is amazing; more than 170 types are presented here. And of course, spaghetti takes its rightful place. An interesting fact is that their original length was more than 50 cm. And only later their length was shortened to make them more convenient to cook. As you know, this type of pasta is the most favorite among Italians. Every year in Naples they celebrate a holiday dedicated to pasta.

By the way, in the museum you can not only look at the exhibits, but also take an active part in preparing the noodles yourself: for example, make the dough, or cut the noodles, and then place them in a drying machine and finally pack them in a plastic box.
And of course, the museum has a shop where you can buy pasta, original plates and bowls.

Information:

City: Rome

Address: Piazza Scanderbeg, 117

Phone: (+39) - 06 - 69.91.120

Website: http://www.museodellapasta.it/

Description:

If this is not your first time in Rome and you have visited ancient temples, classical museums and other attractions that are included in the standard set of tourist packages, then you will probably like the Roman Pasta Museum. Who else but the Italians knows a lot about pasta?

The Pasta Museum opened its doors in 1889. The museum itself, like all museums, is dedicated to the history and origin of this indispensable product on the tables of the whole world. In eleven halls of the museum they tell in detail about interesting “pasta” facts.
By the way, pasta originated not in Italy, as many people think, but in Greece. The Italians only brought the matter to mind, learning to preserve them in a solid form for many months, or even years.

The guides will be happy to tell you whether pasta is actually healthy and tell you what allows you to preserve its taste. Among the museum's exhibits are items that help create real pasta in food quantities. The main part of the museum's collection is stamps, photographs, documents, illustrations, paintings and postcards. These things help visitors understand why pasta is found all over the world and is almost a staple dish on every table.

In the museum you can learn the secrets of making the best and most delicious pasta dishes. They will also tell you how best to store them so you don’t have to throw them away.

Interestingly, Russian residents most often call products made from flour simply pasta, sometimes horns; housewives can distinguish pasta from spaghetti. In this museum you can find out that in fact pasta is not everything at all, but only short tubular products. In addition, there are incredibly many of these products in Italy. On a small rack there are 8 elongated flour products, similar to Russian noodles, but each of them has a name, each is different in color and size.

Here are recipes for long, thin, thick, short, straight, twisted and other forms of products with the addition of meat, minced meat, mushrooms, vegetables, sauces, cheeses. In general, there are countless recipes that will be offered here! And at home there will be something to surprise your relatives.

National Pasta Museum in Rome

"Museo della Pasta", was opened in Rome in 1993. It is located behind the Trevi Fountain at Piazza Scandenberg, 117. The 11 rooms of this unusual museum cover 8 centuries of the history of the most popular Italian dish.

IN "Museo della Pasta" collected a variety of materials telling about the history of pasta - from the origins of this product to the modern production of this product. The museum tells many interesting stories that are connected both with pasta and the culture of its consumption.

The exhibits on display are also varied. From ancient records and manuscripts and other various documents, to ancient machines and other tools that were used to make pasta. One of the rooms presents a variety of recipes for pasta dishes, as well as processes for preparing sauces from various products that go well with pasta.

The National Pasta Museum also has a cultural laboratory that provides a specific framework for tracing the evolution of pasta from an economic and industrial point of view, as well as the evolution of its communicative value as a distinct production in Italy.

Also in "Museo della Pasta" There are a lot of photographs of celebrities who gobble up pasta with gusto. In separate rooms there are photographs by Alberto Sordi and Toto, as well as works by contemporary artists inspired by this theme: Crista, Latella, Scaglone, Penel and Di Raco.

According to one legend, the birthplace of spaghetti is Naples, while another is Genoa. But still, as if it weren’t, in Naples they organize an annual spaghetti festival, and in Genoa they built a museum, but not in Genoa itself, but in the city Pontedassio, which is nearby.

The museum displays a notarial deed from the archives of Genoa dated February 4, 1279, which confirms the existence at that time of a culinary product made from dough called “macaronis”. There are also 176 types of pasta and many recipes for seasonings and sauces for them.

Each region of the country offers its own compositions of dishes. For example, in Genoa, a local green seasoning called “PESTO ALLA GENOVESE” is popular; it consists of basil, garlic, Mediterranean pine nut and sheep cheese and is one of the delights of Italian cuisine.

In the Japanese port city of Yokohama, on September 17, 2011, Nissin Foods, a company specializing in easy-to-prepare dishes, opened the Instant Noodle Museum.

The founding of the museum was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the company’s production of the first package of “quick noodles.”

The museum contains exhibits showing the history of ramen noodles. Various packaging options, a mini-factory for making noodles, where you can participate in the manufacturing process: knead the dough, cut the noodles, put them in a dryer and pack them in a plastic container, and other interesting things.

Many tourists travel to Italy to fully enjoy the cultural and historical heritage of bygone centuries. To do this, they organize a real marathon through museums and architectural monuments, not knowing that they are missing out on a lot by not looking into one of the stunning food museums, of which there are a great many in the country of pizza, pasta and wine. And here are the most popular and interesting of them:

National Pasta Museum

Coming to Italy and not trying the famous one is a real crime, which, however, cannot be compared with the sin that you will commit by missing the opportunity to get to know this original Italian product better.

The unique pasta museum in Rome includes 11 rooms, each of which contains the entire history, the secret of production, as well as samples of popular types of pasta, called “pasta” by the Italians.

Here you will see how pasta production was established back in the last century: special machines for the production of this product will not let you forget the history of its preparation.

Address: Museo Nazionale delle paste alimentari, Roma, Piazza Scanderberg, 117.

Tomato Museum

Only four years ago, a unique museum dedicated to this particular vegetable opened in Italy. The history of the tomato is excellently presented: you will learn when this vegetable first appeared in Europe, how it was used, and what has changed since then. Moreover, the guides will be happy to share with you amazing recipes that include tomatoes: from simple snacks to luxurious desserts.

Address: Museo del Pomodoro, Collecchio, Parco del Taro Strada Giarola, 11.

Olive Museum

Opened in the late 1990s, the olive museum preserves all the intricacies of growing this fruit, as well as its history.

Here you will learn what special role olives play in the life of the Italian people, and also take part in the process of preparing real olive oil.

If what you have heard does not seem enough to you, you will be allowed to use a special room of the museum - a library, which contains all kinds of literature dedicated to the permanent guest on every Italian table.

Address: Museo dell'Olivo, Imperia, via Garessio, 11.

Meat Museum

Having recently opened its doors to visitors, this museum tells the story of the history of sausage production in the Emilia-Romagna region. You will also learn about the production process, methods of dressing different types of sausages, see all the tools used to cut meat by hand, and smell all the seasonings used to prepare meat products. If what you see makes your mouth water, you can buy any meat delicacy in a nearby shop.

Arthur Yakutsevich:“We were lucky enough to be one of the first to get to this meat mecca together with the Discovery Channel team even before the official opening. Closer to the summer of 2014, the channel will air a series of programs about agritourism in Italy, but you, dear readers, can watch it now.”

Address: Museo della Salumeria, Castelnuovo Rangone, Via E. Zanasi, 24

You can find out more details and book a tour on the official website of the museum: www.museodellasalumeria.it

From the editor: in December 2013 we made an incredibly tasty and educational trip to the Emilia-Romagna region. Over four days we visited many themed restaurants (where we would never have gotten to ourselves), museums, including Ferarri, Lamborghini, Maserati. Our guide in Bologna, Natalya Miroshnikova, helped us in organizing and planning our agro-moto-tourism, whom we sincerely recommend to all readers of ITALY FOR ME. Natalya's contacts are in.

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Our last trip was dedicated to where we were convinced: flour products enjoy special honor and respect. Therefore, this time we are heading to pasta museums.

Everyone knows that pasta is the signature dish of Italians. Numerous national dishes of spaghetti and pasta are considered almost a national treasure. Therefore, it would be strange if hot Italians did not create a museum of their favorite product in the very heart of Italy - Rome. This is where the National Pasta Museum is located. It is located on the slope of the Quirinale hill, behind the Trevi Fountain square.

The museum has 11 halls that tell in detail the history of the creation and distribution of pasta. A common thread running through all the exhibitions is the idea of ​​the unsurpassed quality and taste of real Italian pasta. Here you can see the entire history of pasta in objects ranging from a rolling pin for rolling out text to high-tech devices that make the work of modern chefs easier when preparing this dish.

Here you can see a huge collection of stamps, postcards, documents and photographs, one way or another related to the favorite product of Italians. The museum provides information about methods of preparing pasta and, of course, recipes for its preparation, which sometimes simply amaze the imagination with their sophistication. There are also quite primitive options, which, however, for their time were a real breakthrough in the field of culinary art.

Spaghetti is a type of pasta. They are long, thin and round. Initially, their length was 50 cm, but later for convenience it was reduced by about half. This type of pasta is one of the most beloved by Italians. There is still no exact information about where they appeared: in Genoa or Naples. However, be that as it may, a celebration of this dish is held annually in Naples, and in the town of Pontedassio, not far from Genoa, there is a whole spaghetti museum.

176 types of pasta are presented here and many recipes for various sauces and seasonings are collected. You can add almost anything that is edible to spaghetti, and each time this dish will acquire additional shades of taste.

In different regions of Italy, certain traditions have developed in the use of certain seasonings for spaghetti. For example, in Sardinia and Sicily (islands surrounded by the sea) they prefer spaghetti with seafood: fish, crabs, squid, etc. In eastern Tuscany, located quite far from the water, local residents switch to a dressing made from vegetables and herbs, in Neapolitans love spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Instant Noodle (Ramen) Museum in Yokohama, Japan

The presented pasta museums in Italy have a fairly long history and are dedicated to a product that has existed for several hundred years. But the Japanese decided to perpetuate a completely modern invention of food technologists - instant noodles. A year and a half ago, Nissin Foods opened a museum of this product in Yokohama and thereby proved that instant noodles deserve no less respect than their more time-consuming counterparts.

Nissin Foods is in the business of producing instant meals. By the way, the opening date of the museum - September 17, 2011 - coincided with the anniversary: ​​on this day it was 40 years since the production of the first package of “quick noodles”.

The museum contains exhibits telling the history of ramen noodles. It even displays such seemingly distantly related items as a model of the hut in which the creator of Momofuku Ando instant noodles lived, various packaging options, and even a mini noodle factory that allows you to see all stages of the product preparation process. Each visitor receives a small glass in which you can put one of the types of noodles, add powdered broth and a cube of dried spices and vegetables.

By the way, here you can even take part in the preparation of noodles: make the dough, cut the noodles, place them in a dryer and pack them in a plastic box.

Also on the territory of the museum there is a bar “35 knots” and a souvenir shop where you can buy original bowls and, of course, packets of instant noodles in a huge number of flavors.