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To read Margo Oxendine's latest Rural Living column (titled "Wildlife in My Living Room"), click here: www.co-opliving.com/lifestyle/rural-living/
It's National Pasta Day!! Share a link to your favorite pasta recipe in the comments below -- or tell us about your favorite pasta dish!
"Contrary to popular belief, Marco Polo did not discover pasta in Asia and bring it to Italy. In fact, in 1279 a.d., a will drafted by Ponzio Bastone was found bequething a storage bin of macceroni when Marco Polo was still in the Far East. Early Romans used a very simple flour and water dough. Pasta is the Italian word for dough. Thomas Jefferson introduced pasta to the Americas after first tasting it in Naples, Italy. In 1789, he brought the first pasta machine, along with crates of macaroni, back to the United States. Pasta became a common North American food in the late 19th century with the surge in Italian immigration." -- Source: www.nationalpastaday.com/
Doug Puffenbarger of Blue Grass, Va., one of our loyal readers, contributed this gorgeous photo from Highland County. Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative
