10 minutes ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:creating a shell was practicable.
In one of our favorite restaurants in Seattle, the grandmother came in three days a week just to make their pasta. Many fine Italian restaurants have one person just to make the pasta and the speed with which they can turn them out is incredible. At my age, the speed with which I can get a package down from the grocery store shelf is good enough for me. However, if I could figure out how to make orzo it might be different.