On 12/7/2020 3:45 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 3:14:04 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> On 12/7/2020 2:48 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 2:10:25 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 06:20:59 -0800 (PST), "
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I do like linguini and fettuccine, and even spaghettini. But my favorite is still Spaghetti.
>>>>> I like it very al dente and simple. With homemade marinara sauce, tomato sauce with
>>>>> parmesan cheese, or even more simple. The spaghetti tossed with butter and a bit of
>>>>> salt and black pepper. A touch of nutmeg in there is also nice.
>>>> My favorite pasta is medium shells because it can hold sauce well and
>>>> I can eat it with a spoon. I never enjoyed long pasta twirled on a
>>>> fork, messy and always leaves all the sauce in the dish. I do like
>>>> ravioli but somehow I never considered it pasta, it's more about the
>>>> filling. I also much prefer orzo to rice... I think of rice as
>>>> communist asian belly filler, rice contains zero nutrition.
>>>
>>> Both white pasta and white rice contain so little nutrition (apart from calories),
>>> it's not worth making the distinction.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> I don't eat a lot of pasta. Or rice. Occasional exception is mac &
>> cheese. Spaghetti, linguini... one is round, the other is flat. Both
>> are long.
>>
>> Ravioli made from scratch is too labor intensive for me. I have a
>> friend whose 95 year old Italian mother made Lobster Ravioli that was to
>> die for. Sheldon wouldn't eat that either, because lobsters can live to
>> great ages unless we mortals with traps consume them. I think he just
>> doesn't like crustaceans (other than clams, Manhattan chowder).
>>
>> A few folks mentioned vermicelli. I have to say I'm put off by the
>> memory of visiting a vermicelli factory in Bangkok in 1969. It was a
>> school field trip. OMG, the place stunk to high heaven. There were a
>> lot of women hanging vermicelli out to dry on clotheslines. Can't get
>> past the smell memory.
>>
>> Jill
>
> The vermicelli to which I referred is just a shape of the same pasta
> that is spaghetti, linguini, elbow macaroni, etc. If you were presented
> a plate of vermicelli with your favorite sauce on it, you'd never
> know the difference.
>
I'm pretty sure I would.

> Nothing to do with what happened in Bangkok in 1969. That wasn't,
> strictly speaking, even vermicelli, despite what it may have been called.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Whatever. All I know is it was long threads of noodles and they stunk.
Maybe vermicelli made in Italy in 1960 didn't also stink. <shrug>

Jill