Farfalle pasta cutting machine - GIF

[Frank S]

Aaaaah, the varied levels of gluten. I'm positive that was foremost in minds of pasta engineers past few hundred years. Now, you can't buy a thing without a "Non-Gluten" tag or Prop 65 warning.
I believe the case is a handful of guys outdoing each other in wacky means to extrude different SHAPES, enticing cooks with variety used as a selling point. After first 201, no restraints, once graphite and wire EDM's had been invented to replace die filers.
War with Italian chef's, think I'll contact Xiden's ambassador to Italy and trick her into it.

Just don't ask his press secretary to help explain things that poor child is frazzled enough. At times I even feel kind of sorry for her, but not too much, maybe she needs a large plate of lasagna with lots of cheese extra meat and my special sauce.