Atlas Regina Pasta Extruder The Regina Atlas is a manual machine for making pasta by extrusion. Comes complete with seven interchangeable dies for producing Rigatoni, Maccheroni, Maccheroncini, Bucatini and Fusilli. The machine is made entirely of plastic for foodstuffs. The control handle and the locking clamp are made of chrome-plated steel and shockproof plastic. The seven dies are made of plastic for foodstuffs and chrome-plated steel. The size of the Extruder measures 10 x 5 x 7.5-in. The success of pasta! Because of the success of the “Mediterranean diet” nutritional model, pasta is conquering a growing number of admirers worldwide. The reasvon for this success is to be found in the characteristics of the food that is easy to make even at home, quick to cook, tasty, easily digestible, nourishing, cheap and above all, fun! In the kitchen, pasta allows us to free our imagination and create recipes that will not fail to amaze and satisfy the most demanding palates of friends and relatives. Pasta as we know it (maccheroni, spaghetti, etc.) was born in Sicily and precisely in Trabia near Palermo. A particular type of pasta, called “itryah” in Arabic was made here. Vermicelli di Tria are well known in Palermo even today. At the end of the 18th century pasta was generally called “maccheroni” and the term included: lasagne, drawn pasta, filled pasta and so on.