June 9, 2010
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Over the years I have worked at a few Italian restaurants. This has left me with two distinct traits. First, a burning desire to flee anytime I hear a Mario Lanza tune. Second, is a tremendous amount of random facts about pasta. During my short break between shifts, here are the translations for random noodle names.
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Jun 09, 2010 @ 16:39:55
No matter the name, shape or size, I love me some pasta.
Jun 09, 2010 @ 23:45:52
Pappardelle? Tagliatelle?
Jun 10, 2010 @ 00:29:08
Pappardelle- The best i can find is Pappare which is “to gobble up” Any Italian speakers who can tell us what the delle conjugation is?
Tagliatelle- similar situation. Tagliare is “to cut.”
Jun 10, 2010 @ 00:08:28
No matter the name, shape or size, I love me some pasta.
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Jul 29, 2010 @ 13:04:10
Aug 17, 2010 @ 10:45:32
pasta name endining with —oni and ending with –ini ,what does it indicate??????
Aug 17, 2010 @ 12:47:14
“Oni” would indicate large while “ini” would indicate small. For example tortellini means “little pies” whereas tortelloni means “big little pies”