What do you think of the following pastas?

[FoolofaTook]

So you're on buzzard's side in the pasta war?

[Mals Marola]

BUZZERD NEVER SAID IT WAS A PASTA!!!!!!

[FoolofaTook]

It was implied.

[FoolofaTook]

But I guess we now know who's side your on.

[Mals Marola]

not even

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by vixnix

I’ve made gnocchi (though not for about ten years) and the preparation and cooking of them make them seem like pasta to me.

Plus, they have potato, but my memory is they have an equal part wheat flour. So ingredient wise it’s pretty pasta-y.

If you’re not going to allow gnocchi then it seems odd that you’d allow tortellini, which is the same wheat flour base (pasta literally means paste) with other stuff added... is it the stage of preparation where the additional ingredients are added, that determine whether something is a pasta? It’s all getting a bit theoretical

Yes, I know we're moving into some esoteric territory here, but let us not be afraid to ask the tough questions.

I would say filling inside pasta shells has no bearing on pasta status. Lasagna is pasta regardless of the fact that you only eat it when it's stacked with sauce and cheese. Same thing with tortellini or other stuffed pastas.

But gnocchi has an ingredient which makes it fundamentally different from traditional pastas; potato. I guess what we're digging into here is whether or not pasta is defined by the ingredients or the process. Couscous is the same ingredients but different process, gnocchi is different ingredients, similar outcome.

[FoolofaTook]

definitely not on buzzard's side of the pasta war

[redbreegull]

[Alice]

I could really go for some gnocchi right now

[FoolofaTook]

fuck that shit i'm down for an ENTMOOT RN

[Alice]

[Alice]

Sardinian gnocchi has no potato

[Mals Marola]

i must say i'm quite impressed with redbreegull's apparent deep knowledge of both pastas & hats. such seemingly simple things, but it seems if one man knows the true ins and outs of the pastas, & the hats, it's this breegull here

[TuralyonW3]

tortellini and bowtie.

[FoolofaTook]

Originally Posted by Mals Marola

i must say i'm quite impressed with redbreegull's apparent deep knowledge of both pastas & hats. such seemingly simple things, but it seems if one man knows the true ins and outs of the pastas, & the hats, it's this breegull here

he also knows a lot about the first age of middle-earth, which, contrary to what buzzard might think, is very impressive.

[Mals Marola]

you certainly seem to care a great deal about "what buzzerd might think"

perhaps you should concentrate more on your own beliefs, and what the hell you're going to do on this first Catherine Passover

[FoolofaTook]

perhaps you should care a little more about buzzard?

[FoolofaTook]

you have a bald lord

i have a buzz lord

[Mals Marola]

it's all a bunch of bull SHIT

[ilikeplanets]

I hate gnocchi. People like me exist.

[FoolofaTook]

i hate buzzard.

[redbreegull]

the pasta wars continue

[FoolofaTook]

i don't really hate buzzard.

but it's true: he is my mortal foe.

[yo soy el mejor]

we made bucatini with lemony carbonara recently. tim accidentally tossed the reserve pasta water and it changed the sauce so we have to make it again before really deciding if it's a recipe worth making again.

Koshary (also called in a recipe "Egyptian lentil and rice pasta") is one of my favorites to make and eat, but it's labor intensive. I had it at a restaurant and loved it and havent' had it at a restaurant since.

Anyone mention polenta yet? I've only started eating it in the last couple years. v good underneath a mushroom ragu or the like. Is it even a pasta? Is it a pulse? ?

Last night I almost made orzo salad with kale, chickpeas, lemon and feta for dinner, but I had given Tim two dinners to choose from and he chose kale salad with toasted cajun chickpeas and a home-made buttermilk dressing. He also made a lentil soup last night for us to have during the week for lunches and a lazy dinner.

taglierini with bay scallops and meyer lemon. this was also a new one, but it's quite like other pasta except for the shape, which is true of most pasta. i love carbohydrates. and lemon, apparently.

[Mals Marola]

i guess we know who's side of the pasta war Took is on

[yo soy el mejor]

gnocchi pieces can be way too big but gnocchietti is just right.

[duovamp]

Originally Posted by ilikeplanets

I hate gnocchi. People like me exist.

YES.

Gnocchi sucks. It's little dough balls. I want sauce not dough.

Although I had some decent gnocchi for the first time in my life about a month ago but it doesn't change my opinion that gnocchi is mostly garbage.

Still it's the worst form of pasta.

[vixnix]

Are you guys talking about store bought, pre-made, mass produced gnocchi? Or fresh, hand made?

[Mals Marola]

i was personally talking about the fine, expensive gnocchi that one gets when flying first class, or enjoying a hot sun-bath on the bed of a yacht

[FoolofaTook]

ahahahaha that's rich my friend, absolutely rich