"l not -l" > wrote in message
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> On 20-Jun-2015, Nancy Young > wrote:
>
>> On 6/20/2015 12:08 PM, l not -l wrote:
>> > On 20-Jun-2015, Nancy Young > wrote:
>>
>> >> Anyone know why cavatelli is found in the frozen section of
>> >> the supermarket? There are similar shaped dry pasta, gemelli
>> >> for instance.
>>
>> > Barilla makes dried cavatell, so it is available, just not where you
>> > shop.
>>
>> Ah! There you have it.
>>
>> > I imagine that the store you shop decided the frozen variety would sell
>> > well
>> > enough to justify the space while dry would not.
>>
>> Have you noticed that there are only a few shapes in the dried
>> pasta section any more? Maybe just where I live. So many
>> brands taking up space now, no room for ditalini or even
>> alphabet pasta.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I have 9 supermarkets less than 2 miles from my home, including an
> international market; three of them are of the same regional chain, two of
> the others are from the secondary regional chain and their pasta selction,
> brand and shapes, vary significantly. Two of the stores are in a wealthy
> suburb and have the fewest dried pasta shapes; but, more "fresh" and
> frozen
> pasta. Two other stores are in a part of town with an older demographic,
> they have the best selection, brands and shape, of the chain stores. With
> today's data warehouse/mining software, if something doesn't move well,
> it's
> not going to be in a given store.
>
> The international market has a huge variety of pastas; but, they are
> scattered all over the store, which is organized by usniversal staples and
> cuisines. I can find just about any pasta shape; but, I might have to
> hunt
> for it. 8-) I found fideo in the Mexican aisle, next to the sardines in
> spicy tomato sauce, rather than with the short shapes in the pasta aisle.

I remember pasta being big here back in the 80's and there was tons of
variety. Then by the time we moved back here almost 11 years ago, the
varieties available had lessened. Now it seems to be big again, especially
with the good stuff imported from Italy. I do buy that once in awhile. It
runs around $8.99 per package at Central Market. I do prefer it but none of
us in this house are big pasta lovers so the cheaper stuff really is okay
for us. We used to eat a lot more of it than we do now. I think I made it
too often and burned everyone out on it. Plus I really do prefer it if I
can eat it with butter and/or cheese which I can't now. Just not the same
without.