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Pasta was invented in China.
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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that Pasta was invented in China?
Partly. One book snippet asserts pasta was first invented in China, while a Skeptics Q&A and two food-history sources call the China-origin/Marco Polo story a myth and note Italians made pasta long before Polo. None of the items fully settles where pasta originated.
Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 3 against · Last checked
Evidence for · 1
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McGee, H. (2003). On Food and Cooking. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=6S--wG3pYZoC&dq=Pasta+was+invented+in+China.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api
Evidence against · 3
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Did spaghetti originate in China?. (2017). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/39032/did-spaghetti-originate-in-china
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Pasta. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta
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Hsiung, D. (2002). The Chinese Kitchen. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=fsJvn_9qctwC&dq=Pasta+was+invented+in+China.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api
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