How come pasta never got popular in Europe outside of Italy?

Question

Why is pasta, especially noodle pasta only popular in Italy? I think the Polish made potato dumplings (so a form of pasta), but I don't know of any other European country creating pasta or any boiled dough dishes.

Answer 1

Not sure, maybe it's because they had potatoes to eat as their form of carbs. That's just a guess though.

Answer 2

That is absolutely not true. Pasta is popular all throughout Western, Northern and Southern Europe, in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

I know the Russians also have their own version of dumplings; Italians also make dumplings (raviolis and some other names in their language).

French do have their own version of Pasta.

Answer 3

What, you're kidding, right?

You've got the pierogie in Poland, which is essentially ravioli stuffed with potato, cheese and onions.  You've got dumplings in just about every other national cuisine - German, English, Dutch, etc.  There's gnochi, and spetzle as well (I hope I spelled all those right.)

The only one I can't think of right off is the French, but then their cuisine does a lot with pastry dough, filo dough, and pate choux.  These aren't pasta, but some pastries do rely on steaming and boiling.