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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There's no one perfect pasta shape, it depends on what you're cooking. That's why there's so many shapes.

But yes, I do want to see pasta forming civilization and fighting for the control of tomato sauce.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    I will use mezze penne for everything and you can't stop me!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Nothing against that. It's actually quite nice to only use one kind of pasta since that way you don't have a bunch of packets with a bit of pasta but not enough to cook.

    If I may suggest, I feel it is better to have two types of pasta at all times though. One long and one short, those are the ones which make the biggest difference; keep your mezze penne but maybe add in some spaghetti or linguine. Aglio olio e peperoncino is much better with long pasta, on the other hand something with larger chunks such as a pasta alla norma is generally better with short pasta.

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