Why did Marco Polo decide to bring back noodles to Italy?

by yungbootylick

I've been curious to the reasons why he deemed noodles to be "worthy" to bring back to Italy. Also interested to why noodles ended up being so popular in Italy, and to how the Italians began creating different variations of pasta

Bo_Buoy_Bandito_Bu

He didn't. Pasta originated in Southern Europe and was first referenced in 1154. Marco Polo's famous trip took place a hundred years later. The myth of Marco Polo bringing noodles back was first reported in the Macaroni Journal in the 1920s by North American companies as a marketing campaign. Since then it has been a persistent myth.

Your question is basically asking "Why did polar bears invent coca cola and when did Santa start helping them distribute it?"