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Fideuers (noodle makers)

At a glance

Manufacture of dry pasta: noodles, burballó and other flour soups. The DCVB describes the rudimentary machines of the trade: a grinder and trull for grinding…

Crafts
Traditional craft of Mallorca
Words
burballó, fenyedor, festers / tiranys, fideuer / fideuera, llossa, maça / atac

#Fideuers

What it is and technique

Manufacture of dry pasta: noodles, burballó and other flour soups. The DCVB describes the rudimentary machines of the trade: a grinder and trull for grinding and kneading, and a press that pushes the dough through a perforated bottom.

Process step by step

1. Mold and paste the flour with the grinder and the trull.

2. Load the press bag with the paste.

3. Pitjar: the maça or atac pushes the pasta through the llossa (holey bottom). Cylindrical noodles or flattened pasta (burballó) come out.

4. Keep warm: next to the llossa, an iron box with ashes and embers (festers or tiranys).

5. Assecar on the fenyedor (board).

Forms and objects

  • See fideus press .
  • Noodles, burballó (noodle soup pasta, Mall.), macaroni.
  • Senalla fideuera: deep espuerta, narrower in the mouth than in the belly (Artà).

Vocabulary

  • fideuer / fideuera: noodle maker or seller; in Mall. and Men., also who likes them.
  • burballó: soup paste smaller than burballes (Mall.).
  • llossa: perforated bottom of the press poal.
  • maça / atac: piston that pushes the dough.
  • festers / tiranys: box with embers that keeps the pasta warm.
  • fenyedor: table where the noodles are dried.
  • «Macarrons gruxats, burbayó, fideus de malalt»: Penya, Majorcan poetry.

Geography

  • Urban and homemade fideuerias (Majorcan location to be verified).

Short story

  • 19th-20th century: small pasta factories in Mallorca (please verify names and dates).

State

Disappeared as an artisan trade. The artisan repertoire maintains the fideuer category, without registrations in Mallorca in the consultation of 10/13/2026.

Why is it design

  • Matrix as design: the shape of each pasta is decided by the hole in the llossa.
  • Low-tech, repairable and local domestic machine.

For the project

  • Recover the burballó with local wheat (xeixa) and an artisanal press.
  • Technical drawing of the fideus premsa according to the DCVB.

Frequently asked questions

What is Fideuers (noodle makers)?

Manufacture of dry pasta: noodles, burballó and other flour soups. The DCVB describes the rudimentary machines of the trade: a grinder and trull for grinding…

What are the traditional words for Fideuers (noodle makers)?

Some words: burballó, fenyedor, festers / tiranys, fideuer / fideuera, llossa, maça / atac, «Macarrons gruxats, burbayó, fideus de malalt».

Sources

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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