Have you ever made fresh ravioli? I have and it's a blast to make and so delicious 
I've never made them but I love those little dumplings with cheese filled between 2 layers of dough.
Exactly. I kind of wonder where ravioli got started, do you know?
The first mention of ravioli appears in letters of Francesco di Marco Datini who was a merchant of Prato in the 14th century.
Oh wow. That's a long time. What did he say about raviolis?
-century manuscript "Libro per cuoco" offers ravioli of green herbs blanched and minced, mixed with beaten egg and fresh cheese, simmered in broth and seasoned with "sweet and strong spices". In Rome, ravioli were already well-known when Bartolomeo Scappi served them with boiled chicken to the papal conclave of 1549.
Ravioli were already known in 14th century England, appearing in the Anglo-Norman vellum manuscript Forme of Cury under the name of "rauioles". 
Sicilian ravioli and Malta's "ravjul"
with meat added. The most popular vegetable is the carrot ("mehren tzimes"), which is sliced. Turnips were also used for tzimmes, particularly in Lithuania. In southern Russia, Galicia and Romania tzimmes was made of pears, apples, figs, prunes or plums ("floymn tzimes").
Kreplach, similar to Russian pelmeni are ravioli-like dumplings made from flour and eggs mixed into a dough, rolled into sheets, cut into squares and then filled with finely chopped, seasoned meat or cheese