explain horminy, kasha, pasta, macaroni, egg noodle, semolina, al dente, dumpling?

Answer 1

Hominy grits is from America's deep south, and made by boiling corn meal in water. Kasha is Russian. It's made by boiling cracked barley in water. Most non-Russians don't like it. Macaroni is a kind of pasta. So are penni, spaghetti, lasagne and a lot of other products with different shapes but the same composition. They come from Italy and are made from durum (hard) wheat, ground into flour and mixed with water. Egg noodles are similar but contain eggs as well. Italy, China, Korea and Japan all use them. Marco Polo probably brought them to Italy from China. Semolina comes from Italy. It's part of a wheat grain. You boil it in water and serve it as a sort of porridge. Al dente is the way you should serve pasta. It's Italian for "to the teeth", in other words, a little bit chewy. Two countries with very different cooking styles which both make excellent dumplings are the Czech Republic and China. Czech ones include potato dumplings and meat dumplings. Chinese dumplings include almost anything; shrimps, chicken, meat, vegetables. Some restaurants there serve nothing else.

Answer 2

Noodles

Answer 3

Hominy-maize porridge
Kasha-Russian buckwheat noodles, quite thick and brown, I believe
pasta-Italian noodles of various types
macaroni-crescent-shaped type of noodle with holes
semolina-hard grain left after sifting of flour, used for puddings, apparently
al dente-lit. too the tooth, it is well-cooked pasta that still has chew and bite to it
dumpling-a doughy ball cooked in stew or soup liquid till browned and cooked on the inside.

Answer 4

dumpling! yum
lots of diffirent kinds. famous one is filled with shrimp and wrapped in white layer;