Atlas 150 Pasta (Noodle) Maker Machine. Is it as Good as it Sounds? Review

I make noodles by hand. I have done so for years but secretly always wanted to try a pasta maker machine. This year for my birthday I received money and knew right away how I wanted to spend it. I started looking on the Internet for pasta maker machines. I found one on Lehman's website. It listed for 79.95 and to me the Atlas 150 pasta maker machine looked wonderful! But I had been warned that using a noodle (pasta) maker machine was kind of difficult. Could someone like me actually figure out this Atlas pasta maker machine by herself? Would the investment for the Atlas 150 be worth it? Would it perform as stated?

I ordered the Atlas 150 pasta maker machine and when it came I was both excited and nervous. Something about teaching an old dog new tricks kept coming to mind. I took a deep breath and started to open the shipping box that the Atlas 150 came in. Lehman's certainly did a bang up job on shipping my machine. It was well protected and shipped without damage. I found the Atlas 150 box. Oh boy, I was excited now!

The box was rather smaller than I had expected. But I opened it and there was the shiny new Atlas, just sitting there waiting for me to take her out. The Atlas 150 is made in Italy. The box states "Beautiful and completely safe because it is the only Pasta machine totally produced with materials which do not release any harmful metallic residue." Made entirely in Italy by Marcato S.p.A.

There was a little pamphlet like book that was filled with instructions for MANY languages. And, it also had pictures across the bottom of all the pages. I found the English version and started reading. I actually read it through twice. It was late in the day and I didn't want to start a noodle project then. So, I slept on it.

The Review

The next afternoon I grabbed the instructions and a cup of coffee. Had my table cleared off and the ingredients waiting. I took my time and I did it the way the instructions told me and the way that the pictures showed me. The results? FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!

I look back on how nervous I was and laugh. IF you read the instructions a few times. IF you look at the many pictures provided for the step by step use of the Atlas 150 pasta maker machine. IF you take your time. You are going to find out, like I did, that the Atlas 150 pasta maker machine is EASY to use and gives great results!

My Atlas 150 came with a spaghetti cutter and a narrow noodle cutter. The fact that you can order other cutters for the Atlas 150 is a real plus in my mind. The Atlas 150 gives you so many choices for thickness of your pasta too.

So yes, even an old dog CAN learn a new trick. Whether you've made noodles (pasta) by hand before or not, this Atlas 150 pasta maker machine was even better than I anticipated. And I don't say that lightly. I do not get paid to make a good review for the Atlas 150 pasta maker machine. My reward is the family's delight with the noodles!! Pass the pasta please!

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