Mrs Cudzo's mother, grandmothers, aunts, neighbours etc (none of whom are or were remotely middle class) all did this as a matter of course. Using ordinary 'soft' flour rather than durum and making the shapes either by hand and knife or using a (hand turned) meat mincer. She herself claims she knows how to, in I think I've seen her do it, but of course we live in a land of supermarkets and working for a living now.