Noodles

Last weekend I made noodles from scratch. That's right - flour, egg, salt, basil, oil, stirring, kneading, rolling out the dough, and, finally, cutting the noodles. Then drying them. This takes quite a while, but they were really good. They have much more flavor than dried noodles from the box and accompanied perfectly the chicken soup I made from scratch (that was a lot easier). Still, they're just noodles and it took me about 2 hours to make them, so I'm not sure it was worth it. How did our ancestors find time to do anything besides farm and cook? This took me a while, but I didn't have to feed the chicken that produced the egg, harvest or smash up the wheat to make the flour (I have only a foggy idea how flour is produced) or do whatever it is one does to get olive oil. Nor did I mine the salt. So our ancestors ate well, but I wouldn't trade places with them, even if I could. Unless it was just at dinner time. Below is a picture of the noodles cooking.