From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
What the hell is PASTA?

I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.

It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......

Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
because they now call it pasta?

JB

wrote

> From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
> My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
> restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
> SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
> What the hell is PASTA?

The big family which spaghetti belong to, along with maccheroni,
tagliatelle, capellini... then there is the main subdivision between
egg based and non egg based. Then in the non-egg pastas we find the
wheat ones and the hard wheat ones. There are also many other
subdivisions.

> It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
> asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
> sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
> felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
> what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm
and
> say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......
>
> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
> sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
> offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
> because they now call it pasta?

It's strange, since spaghetti are both "spaghetti" and "pasta". One
should simply know that pasta is the family and spaghetti is just one
format, usually belonging to the non egg-based branch but who knows?
Someone could be calling theyr capellini (usually egg-based)
"spaghetti", or doing capellini without eggs...
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

> wrote in message
...
> From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
> My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
> restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
> SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
> What the hell is PASTA?

The name hasn't been changed. Spaghetti is a form of pasta. Just like
Penne, Macaroni, and other shapes. Spaghetti is the shape. My husband's
Italian grandma called all pasta Macaroni, no matter the shape.
>
> I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
> something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
> fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
> coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
> the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.
>
> It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
> asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
> sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
> felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
> what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
> say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......

Huh? Some of it even says Spaghetti sauce right on the can.
>
> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
> sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
> offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
> because they now call it pasta?

It has been called pasta for years, because that's what it is.

In article <EKRAi.110$Lz5.21@trndny04>,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> > Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
> > sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
> > offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
> > because they now call it pasta?
>
> It has been called pasta for years, because that's what it is.

"Pasta" covers the entire massive spectrum of flour based Italian
noodles.

I rather like Fusilli personally.

Holds more sauce.
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

In article >,
wrote:
>
> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
> sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
> offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
> because they now call it pasta?

Huh? Where do you live? Here in New Jersey and where I work in PA, I
have no problem finding "spaghetti" in grocery stores and most
restaurants.

Stan Horwitz said...

> In article >,
> wrote:
>>
>> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
>> sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
>> offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
>> because they now call it pasta?
>
> Huh? Where do you live? Here in New Jersey and where I work in PA, I
> have no problem finding "spaghetti" in grocery stores and most
> restaurants.


I think you've all been trolled upon.

Andy

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:09:09 -0500, wrote:

>Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason?

It is still spaghetti to me!! Pasta is the finished dish.

My issue is linguine, spaghetti, manicotti, rotini, etc. It is as
if changing the shape of a flour/water concoction is going to alter
the flavor of the finished dish.

In article >,
wrote:

> From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
> My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
> restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
> SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
> What the hell is PASTA?
>
> I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
> something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
> fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
> coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
> the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.
>
> It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
> asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
> sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
> felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
> what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
> say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......
>
> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
> sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
> offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
> because they now call it pasta?
>
> JB

Fifty years ago, huh? Fifty years ago *spaghetti noodles* were the most
common kind of pasta in the supermarket, I'll bet (I'm not including
short flat pasta called egg noodles). Ring noodles and shell mac and
elbow mac, too, but, I don't think there was so much rigatoni,
canneloni, ziti, fusilli, penne, vermicelli, bow ties, capellini,
linguine *in your average generic supermarket.* Creamette makes at
least two kinds of boxed spaghetti (noodles/pasta), regular and thin
(not to be confused with vermicelli).

Pasta's not a fancy word, it's the name of a group of 'noodle' products.

Fifty years ago there weren't seventy-eleven cooking shows on television
touting recipes to use the various kinds of pasta available. It was a
different time. If I tell my family we're having spaghetti for dinner
they know what they're getting. If I say we're having spaghetti with
bolognese sauce, they'll ask what that is.

Don't be too hard on your grocery clerk -- what you call spaghetti sauce
can dress other pastas besides spaghetti. :-) Changing times and all.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - Fair baking

In article >,
Ward Abbott > wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:09:09 -0500, wrote:
>
> >Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason?
>
> It is still spaghetti to me!! Pasta is the finished dish.
>
> My issue is linguine, spaghetti, manicotti, rotini, etc. It is as
> if changing the shape of a flour/water concoction is going to alter
> the flavor of the finished dish.

Nah. IMHO it only alters texture, and the ability of said noodle to
retain sauce.

Personally, I think it's "fun" to explore different shapes of pasta.

:-)
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

In article >,
Ward Abbott > wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:09:09 -0500, wrote:
>
> >Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason?
>
> It is still spaghetti to me!! Pasta is the finished dish.
>
> My issue is linguine, spaghetti, manicotti, rotini, etc. It is as
> if changing the shape of a flour/water concoction is going to alter
> the flavor of the finished dish.

I don't think it changes the flavor; it's a matter of which pasta
complements a particular kind of sauce so as to maximize one's enjoyment
of the sauce. The pasta is the carrier for the sauce and together they
can be wonderful.

I believe the rule is the lighter the sauce, the lighter the pasta.
Angel hair doesn't get bolognese sauce (unless you're at my house), it
gets olive oil and fresh tomatoes and garlic and basil. Like that. :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - Fair baking

Ward Abbott said...

> My issue is linguine, spaghetti, manicotti, rotini, etc. It is as
> if changing the shape of a flour/water concoction is going to alter
> the flavor of the finished dish.


Ok, I'll chime in here.

The shape doesn't change the flavor, rather it can increase flavor!

I wouldn't think of using my pesto with linguine. I'll use rotini for pesto
since it can cling to a whole lot more of it than linguine! So while pesto
on linguine may taste good, a few rotini clogged with pesto will taste more
of pesto! It's just a change in the ratio.

Well that and with rotini, it's so much easier to stab a few onto a fork
and indulge!

http://i11.tinypic.com/4t9zyog.jpg

Imho,

Andy

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:45:30 -0400, Ward Abbott >
wrote:

>My issue is linguine, spaghetti, manicotti, rotini, etc. It is as
>if changing the shape of a flour/water concoction is going to alter
>the flavor of the finished dish.

Spaghetti, pasta, or dumplings. All tastes good to me.

--
Zilbandy

On Aug 28, 3:09 am, wrote:

> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason?

It has been deemed disciminatory since children can't pronounce it
properly.

-sw

On Aug 28, 6:14 am, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
>
>
> I believe the rule is the lighter the sauce, the lighter the pasta.
> Angel hair doesn't get bolognese sauce (unless you're at my house), it
> gets olive oil and fresh tomatoes and garlic and basil. Like that. :-)

It sometimes gets bolognese at my house as well.

I like capellini with meatball sauce.
I make meatballs with (oh, I can already hear the insults coming) fat
free saltines and EVOO. I brown them nicely on all sides and simmer
them in a sauce consisting of tomato paste, water and bay leaf. I
serve it over (often buttered) capellini.
Cooked spinach is a very nice accompaniment.

> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://www.jamlady.eboard.com- Fair baking

--Bryan

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:04:54 -0000, wrote:

>On Aug 28, 3:09 am, wrote:
>
>> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason?
>
>It has been deemed disciminatory since children can't pronounce it
>properly.


Ha!! and most Americans don't know how to pronounce calzone
either..... kal --zo -----NAY.......................LONG A in
Italian!!!

> wrote in message
...
> From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
> My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
> restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
> SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
> What the hell is PASTA?
>
> I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
> something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
> fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
> coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
> the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.
>
> It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
> asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
> sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
> felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
> what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
> say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......
>
> Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
> sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
> offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
> because they now call it pasta?
>
> JB

Remember learning about set theory in high school?

On Aug 28, 7:46 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
> > My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
> > restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
> > SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
> > What the hell is PASTA?
>
> > I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
> > something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
> > fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
> > coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
> > the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.
>
> > It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
> > asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
> > sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
> > felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
> > what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
> > say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......
>
> > Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
> > sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
> > offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
> > because they now call it pasta?
>
> > JB
>
> Remember learning about set theory in high school?

We got sets every year from first grade on.

--Bryan

"Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> On Aug 28, 7:46 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> > From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
>> > My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
>> > restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
>> > SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
>> > What the hell is PASTA?
>>
>> > I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
>> > something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
>> > fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
>> > coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
>> > the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.
>>
>> > It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
>> > asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
>> > sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
>> > felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
>> > what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
>> > say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......
>>
>> > Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
>> > sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
>> > offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
>> > because they now call it pasta?
>>
>> > JB
>>
>> Remember learning about set theory in high school?
>
> We got sets every year from first grade on.
>
> --Bryan
>

Yeah...you're probably right. I don't remember the exact year. Somewhere
between 1 and 10, probably.

In article .com>,
Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:

> On Aug 28, 6:14 am, Melba's Jammin' >
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I believe the rule is the lighter the sauce, the lighter the pasta.
> > Angel hair doesn't get bolognese sauce (unless you're at my house), it
> > gets olive oil and fresh tomatoes and garlic and basil. Like that. :-)
>
> It sometimes gets bolognese at my house as well.
>
> I brown them nicely on all sides and simmer
> them in a sauce consisting of tomato paste, water and bay leaf.

No other seasonings?

> I serve it over (often buttered) capellini. Cooked spinach is a very
> nice accompaniment.

Never thought of spinach. I'll remember that.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - Fair baking

On 2007-08-28, > wrote:

> What the hell is PASTA?

LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of the whole pasta
salad thing. If it's pasta and it's cold, it still macaroni salad in
my book and I don't like it.

nb

On Aug 28, 8:56 am, notbob > wrote:
> On 2007-08-28, > wrote:
>
> > What the hell is PASTA?
>
> LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of the whole pasta
> salad thing. If it's pasta and it's cold, it still macaroni salad in
> my book and I don't like it.

I'm with you on that! Sometimes the ladies at work eat that nasty
stuff, and I have to empty the trash can in the employee lunchroom on
Thursdays. I find even the smell of most of their vinegar/mayo/tuna/
whatever other icky stuff that's on there pretty repulsive.
>
> nb

--Bryan

notbob > laughingly post in message
after JB
> primordially screamed:
>
>> What the hell is PASTA?
>
> LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of
> the whole pasta salad thing. If it's pasta and it's
> cold, it still macaroni salad in my book and I
> don't like it.

Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish,
black olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!

Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
3/4 cup Miracle Whip
1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup black olives*

* I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and rough-chop them but a
small can of generic black olives works just as well.

_PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!

The Ranger

On 2007-08-28, The Ranger > wrote:

> _PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!

I will confess liking one version I ran across, a salmon and Italian
dressing pasta salad, but the problem is I'm just not a pasta fan.

nb

notbob > wrote in message
. ..
> On 2007-08-28, The Ranger > wrote:
>> _PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world
>> of differences!
>>
> I will confess liking one version I ran across, a
> salmon and Italian dressing pasta salad, but the
> problem is I'm just not a pasta fan.

That does put a damper on your opportunities, no doubt. With your
obvious dislike of pastas, how'd they sneak a salmon pasta past
you?

The Ranger

On 2007-08-28, The Ranger > wrote:

> That does put a damper on your opportunities, no doubt. With your
> obvious dislike of pastas, how'd they sneak a salmon pasta past
> you?

I like salmon and the rest of the salad. Onions, celery, bell
peppers, etc. The pasta was just a filler.

nb

On Aug 28, 9:28 am, "The Ranger" > wrote:
> notbob > laughingly post in messagenews:NJednQW38Y4tqknbnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d@comca st.comafter JB
> > primordially screamed:
>
>
>
> >> What the hell is PASTA?
>
> > LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of
> > the whole pasta salad thing. If it's pasta and it's
> > cold, it still macaroni salad in my book and I
> > don't like it.
>
> Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish,
> black olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!
>
> Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad
>
> INGREDIENTS:
> 2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
> 3/4 cup Miracle Whip
> 1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
> 4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
> 1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
> 1/2 cup black olives*
>
> * I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and rough-chop them but a
> small can of generic black olives works just as well.
>
> _PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!

You eat that crap? But of course you do.
>
> The Ranger

--Bryan

"The Ranger" > wrote in message
...
> notbob > laughingly post in message
> after JB
> > primordially screamed:
>>
>>> What the hell is PASTA?
>>
>> LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of
>> the whole pasta salad thing. If it's pasta and it's
>> cold, it still macaroni salad in my book and I
>> don't like it.
>
> Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish, black
> olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!
>
> Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad
>
> INGREDIENTS:
> 2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
> 3/4 cup Miracle Whip
> 1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
> 4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
> 1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
> 1/2 cup black olives*
>
> * I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and rough-chop them but a small can
> of generic black olives works just as well.
>
> _PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!
>
> The Ranger
I believe that the plate special in Hawaii always was a scoop of rice, a
scope of macaroni salad and a meat/fish.

I'm not sure whether the macaroni was small shell pasta, but I don't think
so; perhaps some from Hawaii here will know for sure.

The old mac and cheese in a box was larger macaroni; the new stuff at Costco
Annie's or Anne's is a small shell, which I had never seen before and tried;
it is so small that you don't have to chew.

Dee Dee

Bobo Bonobo® > whiningly pewled in message
oups.com after I
posted on Aug 28, 9:28 am, "The Ranger" >:
[snip]
> > Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with
> > mini-shells, relish, black olives, hard-boiled
> > egg and miracle whip!
> >
> > Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad
> >
> > INGREDIENTS:
> > 2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
> > 3/4 cup Miracle Whip
> > 1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
> > 4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
> > 1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
> > 1/2 cup black olives*
> >
> > * I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and
> > rough-chop them but a small can of generic
> > black olives works just as well.
> >
> > _PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world
> > of differences!
>
> You eat that crap? But of course you do.

It's better than rootin' through the garbage every Thursday for
others' cast-offs as you whinged.

The Ranger

Bobo wrote:
> I have to empty the trash can in the employee lunchroom on
> Thursdays. I find even the smell of most of their vinegar/mayo/tuna/
> whatever other icky stuff that's on there pretty repulsive.

You're the janitor? That's a noble profession, hey, at least you
work... better than being a welfare parasite. You're going to have to
do a lot better than emptying the trash just once a week, that's why
it stinks so... which day do you empty the used tampon basket in the
terlit... in comparison week old tuna salad should be ambrosia.

"Omelet" > wrote
>
> Personally, I think it's "fun" to explore different shapes of pasta.
>

Yeah, but I'd rather take a trip.

Dee Dee > wrote in message
...
[snip]
> I believe that the plate special in Hawaii always was
> a scoop of rice, a scope of macaroni salad and a
> meat/fish.
>
> I'm not sure whether the macaroni was small shell
> pasta, but I don't think so; perhaps some from
> Hawaii here will know for sure.

I'm not from Hawaii nor do I play an actor living there as a PI
but the two chain-Hawaiian restaurants around me serve both elbow
or ditalini mac salad. I don't think either chain makes the mac
salad on-site.

> [..] the new stuff at Costco Annie's or Anne's is
> a small shell, which I had never seen before
> and tried; it is so small that you don't have to chew.

The mini-shell pasta is great for wolfing down but I'm too
conservatively traditional for anything but elbow pasta in my
mac-and-cheese.

The Ranger

> wrote in message
...
> From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
> My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
> restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
> SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
> What the hell is PASTA?

That's just stupid. Nobody calls spaghetti "pasta." It's a certain
shape of pasta, and it always has been. Notice both words are
Italian?

In article >,
"The Ranger" > wrote:

> notbob > laughingly post in message
> after JB
> > primordially screamed:
> >
> >> What the hell is PASTA?
> >
> > LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of
> > the whole pasta salad thing. If it's pasta and it's
> > cold, it still macaroni salad in my book and I
> > don't like it.
>
> Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish,
> black olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!
>
> Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad
>
> INGREDIENTS:
> 2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
> 3/4 cup Miracle Whip
> 1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
> 4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
> 1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
> 1/2 cup black olives*
>
> * I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and rough-chop them but a
> small can of generic black olives works just as well.
>
> _PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!
>
> The Ranger

I use Tri-color fusilli,
Fake crab (or salad shrimp)
Pickle relish
Sliced black olives
Lime based Mayo

May add hard boiled eggs if I want to make them.
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"Melba's Jammin'" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> I don't think it changes the flavor; it's a matter of which pasta
> complements a particular kind of sauce so as to maximize one's enjoyment
> of the sauce. The pasta is the carrier for the sauce and together they
> can be wonderful.
>
> I believe the rule is the lighter the sauce, the lighter the pasta.
> Angel hair doesn't get bolognese sauce (unless you're at my house), it
> gets olive oil and fresh tomatoes and garlic and basil. Like that. :-)
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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Sure it can!
Example: fresh egg pasta is not suitable for lots of sauces. Even the scale
of the pasta vs the scale of what's with it can alter it. Tubular ones
carry runny sauces inside. Creamy sauces need some corners to catch on to.

Various qualities of pasta make a huge difference, too. Humongous companies
extrude it through Teflon and dry it fast. It leaves a slicker surface and
isn't nearly as good as pasta extruded through bronze and dried slower.

Come to Rome and go to the Pasta Museum! It's not far from the Trevi
Fountain.
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"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> Bobo wrote:
>> I have to empty the trash can in the employee lunchroom on
>> Thursdays. I find even the smell of most of their vinegar/mayo/tuna/
>> whatever other icky stuff that's on there pretty repulsive.
>
> You're the janitor? That's a noble profession,

Well, hell, at least he's employed and not on the dole like you are.

"The Ranger" > wrote
>
> Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish, black
> olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!

Nooooo. Macaroni is ELBOW macaroni. When have you ever seen
that name, "Macaroni" on any pasta product not shaped like elbows?

On Aug 28, 10:45 am, Sheldon > wrote:
> Bobo wrote:
> > I have to empty the trash can in the employee lunchroom on
> > Thursdays. I find even the smell of most of their vinegar/mayo/tuna/
> > whatever other icky stuff that's on there pretty repulsive.
>
> You're the janitor? That's a noble profession, hey, at least you
> work... better than being a welfare parasite. You're going to have to
> do a lot better than emptying the trash just once a week, that's why
> it stinks so...

I only work one evening shift a week. Someone else has the
responsibility for emptying that trash the other six days.

> which day do you empty the used tampon basket in the terlit...

My co-worker does the restrooms every morning. Lots of overuse of
chlorine bleach. He empties the sanitary containers every day.
Curiously, the one thing he doesn't do is the formica around the
sinks. The Saturday guys catch that up.

I mostly do floors and carpet cleaning, and setting up lots of tables
and chairs.

> in comparison week old tuna salad should be ambrosia.

No week old anything, neither tampons nor tuna.

--Bryan

"Bobo Bonobo®" > wrote in message
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> On Aug 28, 10:45 am, Sheldon > wrote:
>> Bobo wrote:
>> > I have to empty the trash can in the employee lunchroom on
>> > Thursdays. I find even the smell of most of their vinegar/mayo/tuna/
>> > whatever other icky stuff that's on there pretty repulsive.
>>
>> You're the janitor? That's a noble profession, hey, at least you
>> work... better than being a welfare parasite. You're going to have to
>> do a lot better than emptying the trash just once a week, that's why
>> it stinks so...
>
> I only work one evening shift a week. Someone else has the
> responsibility for emptying that trash the other six days.
>
>> which day do you empty the used tampon basket in the terlit...
>
> My co-worker does the restrooms every morning. Lots of overuse of
> chlorine bleach. He empties the sanitary containers every day.
> Curiously, the one thing he doesn't do is the formica around the
> sinks. The Saturday guys catch that up.
>
> I mostly do floors and carpet cleaning, and setting up lots of tables
> and chairs.
>
>> in comparison week old tuna salad should be ambrosia.
>
> No week old anything, neither tampons nor tuna.
>
> --Bryan
>

I have a serious question. In most schools, there is a problem with the
water fountains. They're adjusted so hardly any water comes out, so you have
to come into contact with the metal spout, which no sane person will do. Is
there a secret society of janitors which requires this?

In article >, "cybercat" >
wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote
> >
> > Personally, I think it's "fun" to explore different shapes of pasta.
> >
>
> Yeah, but I'd rather take a trip.

I can send you some Peruvian torch seeds... <G>
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>> My issue is linguine, spaghetti, manicotti, rotini, etc. It is
>> as
>> if changing the shape of a flour/water concoction is going to
>> alter
>> the flavor of the finished dish.
>
> Nah. IMHO it only alters texture, and the ability of said noodle to
> retain sauce.
>
> Personally, I think it's "fun" to explore different shapes of
> pasta.

Agreed. However, altering the shape also affects the way sauces
adhere to the pasta. Thus a sauce that works well with spaghetti
might not be appropriate for macaroni. There's a wonderful book on
pasta by a local (to me) author in Sarasota. I don't know where I
put it or I'd share the title and author but it has a lengthy chapter
on the various types of pasta and the types of sauces that work best
with each.

I like to cook different types with various recipes. Once I try one
out and it works as written I will usually start experimenting. More
often than not the original recipe is better but every so often I
come up with a winner. At least, my family thinks so. :^)

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