On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 9:14:28 AM UTC-7, 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.

D. Merlino of Oakland, CA, made 87 cuts of Alita brand pasta until they
went out of business a dozen years ago or so. My favorite were the
cockscombs(Creste di galli). They sold only in brown cardboard boxes,
usually stacked at the front of Italian groceries.