"sf" > wrote in message
...
> What is the difference between pasta e fagioli and minestrone? I
> bought some premade pasta e fagioli (the soup) from Lunardi's
> yesterday - hubby said it looked like minestrone to him. There are
> all sorts of recipes for each on the internet, so they seem to vary by
> who does the cooking. Are there larger regional differences too?

I have gotten flack for my minestrone. I always put ground beef in it and
sometimes some beef broth along with the tomato product. I never put any
meat in pasta e fagioli. Just tomato product, beans, pasta, onion and
perhaps some celery. The minestrone will contain whatever veggies I have in
the house. However, my in-laws will put whatever they have in the house in
their pasta e fagioli. Neither will be the same way twice.