Peter Aitken wrote:
>
> "Sam" > wrote in message
> om...
> > hi there,
> >
> > we ate yesterday at an 'italian' resturant ordering spaghetti
> > bolognese.
> >
> > the plate was of macaroni spirals mixed about in bolognese sauce.
> >
> > it did not resemble my preconceptional idea that spaghetti bolognese
> > is a dish of cooked spaghetti or other long thin pasta with bologese
> > sauce neatly poured on the top.
> >
> > the waiter and the owners said that macaroni is the same as spagetti.
> > as i am not italian i felt i wasnt in a position to argue with people
> > who have been eating these dishes since their childhood.
> >
> > Maybe some here could enlighten me, can you use macaroni spirals and
> > still call it spaghetti bologese? would you serve it that way in your
> > resturant?

> Well, you certainly cannot call it spaghetti bolognese because spaghetti is
> a specific size and shape of pasta. IIRC the name "bolognese" refers to the
> sauce, so "pasta bolognese" would be OK. Certain shapes of pasta are
> traditional with certain sauces - it has to do with the consistency of the
> sauce and how well the pasta will hold it.

When I was a kid, all pasta was called spaghetti. Maybe even
macaroni. For instance, what Sam described was not macaroni.
It was either rotelli or fusilli, like that. Not. macaroni.

Regardless, I don't think it's worth worrying about. I think
it was a better shape for bolognese sauce.

nancy