how to make homemade pasta

step 1: be inspired by distant relative [jim this is all your fault]

step 2: wait 3-4 years


step 3: buy pasta machine

step 4: wait another 2 months


step 5: find a table/counter in the kitchen the vise will actually grab onto


step 6: mix 2 C flour, 2 eggs, and pinch o' salt in kitchenaid to avoid floury kitchen explosion


step 7: promptly overmix first batch


step 8: knead first batch into blobby mess


step 9: let dough rest [nearly 1 pound] for an hour while repeating steps 6-9 minus the overmixing step


step 10: roll and cut pasta


step 11: test boil


step 12: admire lengths of spaghetti


step 13: admire and eat cooked pasta

step 14: repeat steps 10-13 until full to bursting


step 15: clean up pasta remnant graveyard and remainder of floury kitchen explosion.

step 16: realize why jim started this process at 1pm...instead of 730pm.