to ask if Italians and any of you eat brown pasta  (127 Posts)
MoYerBoat Wed 13-Mar-13 20:28:17    And what about brown rice -
who eats that?  (Badly worded OP but really would like answers)
rhondajean Wed 13-Mar-13 20:46:52  I'm not italian but I've
never seen wholemeal pasta when I've been. In Italy...  At home
though I only eat wholemeal pasta and brown rice, I try to be
careful about refined carbs. Likewise with bread, wholemeal
only.  Chandon Wed 13-Mar-13 20:47:20  Not Italian, neither
British. But have stong views on this.  A big point of food is
enjoyment, and brown rice, brown pasta and mass produced brown
bread ( nice fresh brown loaves an exception) are about
Punishment, not enjoyment. Food as fuel, medicine almost, rather
than pleasure. The erson mentioning floppy white past upthread,
it is the wrong brand darling or you are cooking it for too
long.  It has to be white, 100% durum wheat pasta.  No brown
pasta or rice in this house. And no marge either or vegetable
spread, butter or nothing. And o