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One of my best friends in kindergarten was the son of a husband-and-wife team that ran a pasta factory. I remember always being confused at the sheer volume of their product. They tried to show me the differences, but I was too young and/or stubborn to pay attention. Now, many years later, I still find myself lost in the pasta aisle at the grocery store, trying to figure out the differences between all the boxes. Can you identify the eight types of pasta just by the picture?
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I know all of these in American English, but am just about lost in Italian.
posted by Miss Cellania on 3-15-2008 at 9:11 am
6 out of 8. I switched the 2 I had no clue about. Not too shabby though!
posted by Marta on 3-15-2008 at 9:45 am
6 of 8 as well. Got bucatini and something else backwards. Good story.
posted by Julia on 3-15-2008 at 11:27 am
It’s a lot easier when you know what the words mean in Italian - orecchiette are little ears; farfalle stems from the word for butterflies. Gamelli is latinate for twins, and the pasta shape is two tubes twisted together. Yay Italians! I love you and your cuisine!
posted by Mary on 3-16-2008 at 2:04 am
8 out of 8. Sadly, I often leave the family at home to shop alone at midnight, spending hours and hours going up and down the aisles, freaking out the employees, and enjoying blissful solitude. And obviously spending way too much time in the pasta aisle.
posted by Marion on 3-16-2008 at 3:06 am
Yay! 100% I think that’s the first time I’ve actually managed to get everything right on a quiz!
posted by greenstrawberries on 3-18-2008 at 5:33 am