strozzapreti - not only is it a great shape for holding sauce and fun to eat, it’s got a delightful name: the “priest strangler”
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It looks sooooo good:
Dont think I’ve had it but I’m sold already. Going to keep my eye open for some priest stranglers now
It’s a handmade pasta, so you probably will see it in nicer restaurants rather than stores, but if you have a place that makes fresh pasta in your town that’s another place to look. Or make them yourself!
Fusilli. The spiral shape allows the right amount of pasta sauce to stick to it so you get a nice pasta-to-sauce ratio.
that’s like picking a favorite child, and it’s timmy, and penne
Farfalle is the correct answer
It’s the fanciest pasta - always wearing a bow tie.
It’s completely dish dependent, but if there’s sauce involved I prefer a rigati (ridged) pasta.
This is my answer too. I like different noodles with spaghetti sauce than I do with alfredo. You wouldn’t want elbows in lasagna. This is why we have so many variations.
Disagree, I don’t think having a favorite is dish dependent. You probably have a favorite pasta dish and your preferred noodle for it. Probably your favorite shape.
Whichever one is currently working it’s way into my mouth.
Hey, it’s me, your pasta.
I take it back. This shape sucks.
Alphabetti Spaghetti
I make no apologies.
Spaghetters
Cascatelli really is the best shape. I also like rotini
Pipe rigate for cheese based sauces, fusilli (rigatoni) for tomato based sauces.
Conchiglie, the medium size of shells.
That pillow shape if it’s filled with parmesan.
To eat cooked? Orzo! I love rice and pasta, and they made a rice shaped pasta. It’s a win-win!
To eat raw? Wholewheat spaghetti or if I’m feeling especially daring, farfalle.
Real talk, do you chomp it raw like chips? Or do you like . . . suck on it until it softens??
Chomp it raw. I think this habit of eating raw pasta came from my old habit of eating bones.
Eww
Bowtie pasta.
It’s alphaghetti for yuppies.
I’m a ho for orecchiette, I just love how toothsome it is. Maybe not the absolute #1 for sauce retention but I’m all about that texture.
People like hating on elbow but I think it’s quite nice… cavatappi gives me anxiety. I do also really love a standard flat square ravioli.
