"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri 10 Mar 2006 07:03:12a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee
> Randall?
>
>>
>> "Abe" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> >I have to wonder. I saw a cooking show a few months ago where they
>>> >did a few
>>>>pasta dishes using three different brands. Then they rated the results.
>>>>The
>>>>Barillo came in last every time, and they blamed it on taste and
>>>>texture. So
>>>>that leaves me wondierng, if their regular pasta is bottom of the
>>>>barrel, why would their Plus varieties be any good.
>>
>>> Yep, that was America's Test Kitchen on PBS.
>>> I've tried Barilla, and I don't like it.
>>
>> I second it -- Barilla is not a brand that I will buy.
>> Dee Dee
>
> I like Barilla. Have never noticed a problem with it.
>
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> Wayne Boatwright տլ


Wayne, I haven't noticed a problem with it either, and I've probably eaten
plenty of it in restaurants and not known it was Barilla (it's the brand
most common at Costco, too.) I just feel there are brands that are tastier
to my palate and so I buy them over and above the savings at Costco for
their Barilla. But I think in grocery stores, Barilla prices are in-line
with other prices. When DH suggested I buy Ronzoni, I thought he was
pulling my leg, but it's Ronzoni at our house now for a few years.
Just for fun, do a taste test some wintry night. (:-)))
Dee Dee