"George M. Middius" > wrote in message
...
> Kalmia wrote:
>
>>> I've never tried the butterfly shaped pasta, but I am going to get
>>> some this weekend. Would a basic tomatoe sauce be good with it or
>>> could you recommend something better? I thought the above combo would
>>> be good during Lent.
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>> Mark
>>
>>Any sauce will do - the pasta is really just a sauce vehicle in my
>>book.
>
> In Italy, people are fanatic about pairing certain sauces with certain
> shapes. I've actually seen this. Anthony Bourdain once cooked
> spaghetti carbonara for some Italians, but there was only linguine
> available. One of them said the dish was a "failure" because it had
> the "wrong" pasta.

They're very sensitive about pasta over there.

You would be too if you ate it every day.

Burning the garlic is considered to be a heinous crime in Italy.

And they don't use egg wash to seal ravioli--only water.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)