Thanks...I just know what it's like to get overrun with spammers and don't want to have anyone think of me that way.....some places will instantly assume you are there for other reasons once you post a link to your own site. I just can't seem to find a good, active cooking forum to talk in....though this place is definitely shaping up nicely....definitely the most active one I have found so far.

I'm new to The Spice Place and am really enjoying reading through these post.
I have been making homemade pasta for over 30 years now. I do have a hand cranking pasta roller and cutters. I Like the cutters because I can do the fine pastas with it. I could never cut something like Angel Hair by hand. My wife loves the fine pastas.
To compound matters my wife just gave me a roller and cutting set for the KitchenAde for a Christmas present. I had to use it right away to make homemade Lasagna noodles. I was thrilled by the time I saved and love it. I also made a Strudel dough for a dessert and used the roller for getting the dough really really thin. I'm the type of person that when doing it by hand I get flour from one side of the kitchen to the other. I remember many years ago taking a den of Cub Scouts and teaching them to make homemade pasta and the mess that was made. I'll never live it down.

As far as a recipe goes, Per every cup of flour that I use I use 1 egg. For 4-5 people I use 3 cups of flour. That's about a lb of pasta. Depending on the flour I may add up to a 1/4 cup of water to get the dough where I want it. Kneading it to the touch is what makes the pasta ones own.
Homemade pasta doesn't compare to the pasta you get at the grocery store. It has such a better flavor texture. So many store brands after making homemade, taste to me like cardboard.
Of course the fruits of having a garden make the pasta extra special during the cold months of winter and tomatoes cost 3.00 a lb. Oooops, talk about cardboard tasting.

Ahhh - a fellow pasta maker! Been doing it for 53 years! But of course, being Italian - it's just natural!
I could live on homemade pastas!

I second that motion!!! Carbaholic is a really groovy word indeed!!! Hi my name is Cathy,.... and uhm I'm a carboholic:o WEE! I made it thru step-one:D