...It holds about a drop and a half of sauce, it never cooks evenly, and it's apparantly impervious to fork tines. Whoever invented this horrible excuse for a noodle should be dragged out to the street and shot.
I wouldn't ever touch the stuff, but it comes in a costco 6-pack with this other variety - of which I don't know the name - that's fantastic in every way that bow-tie pasta makes me want to stop eating...permanently.
*Apparantly, the kind I like is called radiatori.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
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(Juxtapose)
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
But it is an essential ingredient in kasha varnishkes.
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
quote: it never cooks evenly
Heh, and here I thought it was an effect of my mediocre cooking
I prefer rotini, shells (wheels!), or fusilli, but overall, basic spaghetti is probably the best.
Mmmm, pasta.
<---Sicilian vegetarian here.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
I love bowtie pasta .
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Hey! That's my first every Hatrack hug!
Finally, a place to belong...
And what's kasha varnishkes? Besides a pasta dish...
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I agree with all your reasoning. It doesn't cook well, hold sauce or taste good. Blah! It is only good for craft projects, not eating. And even then, it doesn't like glue much.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Bowtie pasta (called farfalle by conoscienti) goes with minimalist white sauces. Using bowties in red sauces is a travesty of good cooking.
I don't know what you guys are doing, but mine always come out al dente, and perfect.
[ April 03, 2006, 02:43 PM: Message edited by: Scott R ]
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
As I was reading this thread I thought, "hmmm, now what is it about bowtie pasta that is ringing a bell?" because I couldn't remember really ever using it in a recipe. And then I read MandyM's post and remembered. Some kind of an angel made with little glued bowtie noodles. I can't even remember how it was supposed to be done, but I do remember trying to use a glue gun on those thingies and being SO frustrated that I ended up throwing out that craft project.
(OK, so I'm not the craft queen and it doesn't take that much to get me to that point with any given project--but that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I'm not a fan of bow tie pasta, either. Not because I can't get it to cook easily (I can), but because I just don't like the way the shape feels in my mouth. Not to mention I'm a fan of noodles you can wind around your fork in huge bites. Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
One of my favorite dishes ever is Macoroni Grill's Pasta Milano.
From their site: Imported bowtie pasta with tender, grilled chicken, sundried tomatoes and fresh mushrooms in a roasted garlic cream sauce.
Its amazing!
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Man, it's one of my favorites. I love to combine bow tie pasta with sauteed sun-dried tomatoe-chicken sausages, then toss the combo in olive oil and parmesan cheese. Very yummy. And mine always comes out al dente as well, never a cooking a problem.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Bow tie pasta is my favorite. It cooks well al dente. You don't have to twirl it. You can easily stab multiple bow ties at once (rotinni, wheels and other round shaped pasta tend to get shoved out and then roll off the plate.) Bow ties also take low volume compared to the round shapes.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Everyone who hates bow tie pasta can send all of theirs to me. It's my favorite.
-pH
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
I hate Tucker Carlson
--ApostleRadio
Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
I, too, am a bow tie pasta lover!
Lemon garlic chicken over bow tie pasta = YUM!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I love bow tie pasta. With a nice white sauce and small pieces of salmon. mmmmmmm!
And it also is nice in chicken soup.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Bowtie works well with oily sauces, not heavy ones. I've served bowtie with a bit of olive oil and seasoning and it's wonderful.
Ziti is one of my favs, I like to bake it in the oven with spaghettie sauce and mozzarella.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Man, I just miss pasta in general. The dining room here doesn't make very good pasta, and when it does, it's always boring spaghetti or ziti. I want something fun and new, like wheels or those cool twirly kind! I think I should make that sometime this weekend.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Fahim hates shells. I think. I don't entirely know why. He says they don't taste good, but...
I just don't get it.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Bowtie pasta isn't my favorite, but it isn't my least favorite. When making pasta for myself at home, I just saute some garlic, and put it on top of the cooked pasta in a small bowl with real parmesean. Usually I use angel hair, but for a shape I like rotini.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
I'm with Fahim. Shells are the worst pasta of all, with the exception of Triceratops, but I don't think we are counting canned pasta.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
Back when I was really big into instant foods I bought a couple cans of chef boyardee. I remember liking it as a kid the few times I had it. Man was that a mistake. The sauce was so sweet it sickened me. Canned pasta shouldn't be inflicted on anyone over the age of 12.
EDIT - what's this about different types of pasta not tasting good? They basically all taste the same to me, except for a slight difference with whole wheat noodles.
Further EDIT - Prolix, I just got the Tucker Carlson reference. I'm ashamed it took me so long.
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I'm ashamed it took me so long.