Pasta Machines

[LittleChickenRacingTeam]

Hey, it's made in Italy. If they don't know pasta, who does.

With a few attachments & shipping & customs duties, I think it was around $2,200 CDN.

But, when you buy quality, it's a lifetime purchase. No regrets here.

 

[Judy]

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Agreed on both the frozen ravioli and the clamp; that's why I suggested making sure it will work on your counter/table. (I also freeze egg rolls and pot stickers, ready to cook.) I don't know what the clamp that came with mine was designed for, but it wasn't American counter tops. I have to clamp it to a bread board and clamp that to something with a C clamp. PITA. Probably why I don't use it more.

Well, you guys made me look. Mine is "the original Atlas, made in Italy by OMC Marcato." It's a good machine in every way except, as you say, the clamp is just wrong. They do need to be anchored well! I guess the counters in Italy are the thickness of a breadboard....

As for an electric one... I had no idea you could pay that much for one. You gotta be kidding. I would definitely buy a closet rod, cut off a long piece for a rolling pin, get a huge bread board, and do it the old fashioned way first. Even if I won the lottery, I can think of better uses for money. I wouldn't even pay that much for a refrigerator, not even if I won the lottery, and I have a big refrigerator. And you will never convince me that the average Italian household has a $2200 pasta machine. I suspect they usually go the closet rod route, or the local equivalent.

 

[Katy]

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Yikes!!! I think I'll stick with my rolling pin and sharp knife!!

 

[TACEYPERKINS]

I have an electric pasta machine. I love it. I used to use it alot. It mixes the dough and makes the noodles. You can probably find one new for around $100. You might even be able to find one used for less. They are great I highly recomend it.
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[DuckLady]

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I absolutely agree with you.
but but but
do you know how much fabric I could buy with $1600+ ?

 

[babylady4]

Kitchenaid makes an attachment for the stand mixer that is a pasta machine. I think it is about $150; worth the $$$ if you make enough pasta. I have the hand crank job and use it infrequently since it is kind of a pain to use. I also use the rolling pin and pizza cutter method when I am in the mood!

Good luck with your decision; I love homemade pasta!

 

[Judy]

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I absolutely agree with you.
but but but
do you know how much fabric I could buy with $1600+ ?

Agreed, if you can actually find quality in an appliance. But not for a pasta machine, for me, only for a major appliance. You can roll pasta by hand; you can't refrigerate, or store frozen foods, by hand.

And where the heck do you buy fabric any more, anyway, at any price? Not around here, other than WalMart's stuff, mostly printed cottons. I used to make my own clothes; no longer an option.

 

[gypsy2621]

you can make pasta with a pasta roller machine??
I use mine for rolling out Poly clay!

$15.00 at a craft store
never make pasta so its impractical for me to use it for any thing other than clay crafts.

 

[max13077]

gypsy2621, It's funny you should say that. I work in an elementary school for kids with special needs. Just the other day I saw one of the occupational therapy lady's working with a little boy, and they had something that looked very much like pasta roller. You'd put the playdough in one end, crank the little handle, and it came out flat on the other. This had cute little star shapes etc in it but what can you do.... I asked her what it was and where she got it. She remarked it came out of the OT/PT(occupational/physical therapy) catalog from the school and was over three hundred dollars!!! If anybody has seen anything from catalogs like that, all the items in there are EXTREMELY expensive. For example, the boy I work with has a little gel filled seat cushion he uses, price...., $243!!!! It's full of stuff like that. Just one of the varied and various reason school taxes are so high.

Thinking about me wanting to get a pasta machine and studying how they work, I said to her, "couldn't you use a 30 dollar pasta roller instead?" "OMG" she said, "That would be so much better because they'd get better range of motion....da da da," she rambled off some medical jargon.

So, It wouldn't surprise me to see her with a pasta machine in the near future. You won't be the only one!

 

[gypsy2621]

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I know anything with the words Medical equipment are stupidly priced.
Heck I went to Micheals for mine. for $ 30.00 I got the machine and 6 bars of Polimere clay. Cassi and I have been having a blast with it ever since.
heck just by turning the bar you can get it as thin or as thick as you like.
Cassi likes to play with all kinds of clay and her favorite is earth clay, which can be a poop going through the rollers but she pushes on and has the time of her life putting little figures together.

hmm speaking of that , maybe its time to drag it back out and make some eggs.