fav pasta shape?

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Favorite shape of pasta?

Spaghetti (the classic)
9
24%
Angel hair
1
3%
Ziti
0
No votes
Fettuccine
0
No votes
Lasagna
1
3%
Linguine
2
5%
Macaroni
1
3%
Manicotti
0
No votes
Penne (notably used in Domino's bread bowls)
5
13%
Rigatoni
2
5%
Wheels (very childish imo)
1
3%
Shells (not the italian name probably)
1
3%
Bowties (definitely not the Italian name)
0
No votes
Gnocchi (also the name of a potato based dish)
1
3%
Orzo
3
8%
Other (please specify, there are like a million types so I literally can't list them all here)
8
21%
well?
3
8%
 
Total votes: 38

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Pasta is definitely one of the best foods, I think we can all agree on that. However it comes in many different shapes and sizes, and people have all sorts of opinions about them. Vote on your favorite pasta shape and explain in great detail why
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This is actually a topic that I have legitimate interest in, since when I was much younger I spent a lot of time trying out different shapes of pasta, much to the chagrin of my mother who thought that they were all the same (they're not). Food texture is something that I assign a lot of weight to when deciding what I do and do not like, and it alone I think can explain why I'll be happy to eat a piece of steak but will avoid a hamburger at all costs. With pasta, I've tended to skew to the smaller shapes - mini shells, acine de pepe, tubetini, pastina, and the like, but each type has value depending on what you need it for. At the time of posting, I"m cooking penne pasta, which I'd give a 2/4 overall but a 4/4 on the "forgot to make dinner let's get something going" scale.
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Vinyanenya wrote:This is actually a topic that I have legitimate interest in, since when I was much younger I spent a lot of time trying out different shapes of pasta, much to the chagrin of my mother who thought that they were all the same (they're not). Food texture is something that I assign a lot of weight to when deciding what I do and do not like, and it alone I think can explain why I'll be happy to eat a piece of steak but will avoid a hamburger at all costs. With pasta, I've tended to skew to the smaller shapes - mini shells, acine de pepe, tubetini, pastina, and the like, but each type has value depending on what you need it for. At the time of posting, I"m cooking penne pasta, which I'd give a 2/4 overall but a 4/4 on the "forgot to make dinner let's get something going" scale.


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Vinyanenya wrote:Rest assured, I'm glad that you're not my mother too.


wtf is that supposed to mean :ear:
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big fan of gnocchi
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This is the best thread!
My favourite pasta form is sedanini rigati! After that come orecchiette and tagliatelle.

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Orzo=? Are you sure this is pasta and not a cereal?
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I agree orecchiette are wonderful
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Been eating like 90% fusilli for the last 5 years or so.
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Fusilli
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What a life defining thread.

For me it depends on the dish though.
Penne and Farfalline goes with pesto.
Spagetti with tomato saus.
Tagliatelli with any creamy sauce. (voted for this)

Definately making pasta tonight. :biggrin:

JakeyBoyTH wrote:big fan of gnocchi


Gnocchi. :love:
However, technically not pasta. (it's potato based)
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Being Swedish I must say that I am proud of Garja and Jerom's appreciation of fusiliers, but my preference unfortunately differs. I never was a real pasta connoisseur, and nowadays I barely even eat carbohydrates, but my first choice would be linguine. Sometimes I am actually not so edgy.
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I like cannelloni a lot
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I recently discovered Orzo and I’m in love.
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Spaghetti for sure!
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Vinyanenya wrote:At the time of posting, I"m cooking penne pasta, which I'd give a 2/4 overall but a 4/4 on the "forgot to make dinner let's get something going" scale.


Couldn't agree more with this line, and what you said about texture. 10/10
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Favourite pizza shape?

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Jam wrote:Favourite pizza shape?

You may select 1 option

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[ ] Rectangle

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What about square?
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Squares are a type of rectangle.
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a square is a rectangle, dolt.
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Jam wrote:Squares are a type of rectangle.


deleted_user wrote:a square is a rectangle, dolt.


No, a square has all equal sides, rectangle has 2 pairs of equal sides.
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A rectangle has four sides connected by four right angles
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Jam wrote:A rectangle has four sides connected by four right angles


Yep, that's what makes it a rectangle. A square must have all equal sides, rectangle doesn't
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The definition of a rectangle doesn't say anything about the lengths of the sides, so a square is a type of rectangle where all the sides are equal. A square matches the definition of a rectangle.
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Jam wrote:The definition of a rectangle doesn't say anything about the lengths of the sides, so a square is a type of rectangle where all the sides are equal. A square matches the definition of a rectangle.


No, they are both parallelograms but rectangles and squares are different shapes
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