Home is where the heart is-4: Spaghetti.

Often, I cook Spaghetti. I always thought that is Italy food. I just knew the spaphetonni was from Arab. When Arab geographer traveled and recorded down the features of Sicily, the practice of drying pasta for conservation was most likely brought to Sicily by occupying Arabs, showed a food called "itryah" (flatbread cut into strips) . It manufactured in Trabia, near Palermo, and exported to Southern Italy and Islamic countries. Even up to now, Sicily still has pasta called "Vermicelli di Tria", probably it is the noodle originated from that time. Talking about Arabs, we think about long journey Arab traders. To them, how to preserve the food longer is very important, so they knew how to dry the food long time ago. Not only pasta that was brought into Sicily, Arabs also brought in couscous, rice, sugar, almond, orange, lemon, dry fruits, and all sorts of things, because the hard wheat thrived in Sicily, where the big-sun climate is very much suitable for drying the food.
Today I miss a friend who went to traveling since Chinese moon-cake day last week.