Back to Middle Ages for kids. 1  Around 90 percent of the people worked the land as peasants. 2  Peasants worked hard and died young. 3  Most were dead before they reached 30 years old. 4  The kings believed they were given the right to rule by God. 5  This was called divine right.
Dry pasta is pasta which has been dried to make it shelf-stable. As a general rule, as long as dry pasta is stored in a cool dry place, it will keep indefinitely, making it a very handy staple food, as college students around the world have noted. Dry pasta comes in a range of shapes, sizes, styles, and flavors, and it is carried at most markets and stores which stock food items.
Dried tube pasta (ziti or penne) often has ridges or slight abrasions on the surface to hold onto the pasta sauce as well. These ridges and bumps are created during the extrusion process, when the pasta is forced from a copper mold and cut to desired length before drying.