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My grandma was a first generation immigrant from Italy and would not have given a shit. I don't have a strong preference but not everyone wants longass spaghetti.
There's 37643782 pasta shapes and they all taste good
passive aggressively breaks orzo in half while maintaining eye contact
For people who don't realize how confusing this would be, this is what orzo looks like:
will probably need some toenail clippers and lots of time
Lots of passive aggressive time
Gonna need a banana for scale
Those are bananas.
Zoom in and look at the wood grain under the spoon.
I love trying different pasta shapes. When I was single, I would keep several different types, and when I'd make pasta, I'd mix them up in the same pot. Fun!
Until I got married, and found out that some people are profoundly insulted by mixed pastas. It's not one of those things that couples discuss before marriage like kids, or which side of the bed they prefer, so it sort of blind sides you when it occurs.
I have also found that many people have strong preferences about shapes, and truly hate some shapes, claiming they taste bad. It's all pasta, shape shouldn't matter, but there is no negotiating with these people. Because of this, I seldom enjoy Farfalle anymore.
"Tastes bad" is not a good description but different shapes DO have different textures and hold different amounts of sauce. That's my reason for not mixing shapes, I want one consistent dish
I'm against mixing because different shapes take different times to get done.
But you're supposed to cook everything five minutes too long, by which point everything will taste about equally over-done. Welcome to school-cafeteria training!
You can cut a potato up and cook it the same way yet will taste different per sise and shape.
Ooo I've never mixed several types but I do enjoy doing penne/fusilli with some spaghetti
I bet long ass-spaghetti is someone's fetish, though 🤷
I miss that brand of spaghetti where each spagetto is a metre long, the box is half a metre long and they are all folded in half, and if you're not careful with the box you will snap them in half.