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Pasta originated in China approximately 40 centuries ago and has wandered around the world. Some also think the word "lasagne" came from the Greek "lasanon," a chamber pot. The Romans adopted the word for any cooking pot; lasagne is the pasta dish cooked in the lasanum.
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