/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>8973716
That's a weird way to spell maccaroni

>>8973716
Those little fucking shells

>>8973723
>maccaroni
As is that.

I happen to like spaghetti. I hate elbow macaroni. Fuckers hard to get on a fork and don't hold hardly any sauce for shit. You get a fork full of them and go to your mouth and over half fall off on the trip. It's BS.

>>8973716
i like spaghetti. but started getting stomach problems when my gf bought the walmart great value brand.
whatever they put in that shit isn't flour

>>8973716
>le contrary opinion man

>>8973741
How do you know it wasn't a bad box?

How do you know it was the spaghetti at all?

worst pasta I've had is bowties

>>8973773

How do we know anything, man?

>>8973719
Penne is goat

Spaghetti is nice. I prefer it to Linguine which is too thicc.

novelty-shape macaroni.

they just never seem to cook right. some parts will become a soggy mush, while other parts remain hard/undercooked.

>>8973773
because i've tried it 4 times.
pic related has never let me down

this meme pasta

The worst are those little ones that look like rice

100% agreed. Fuck apghetti, spaghettine and all that bullshit.

>>8973716

>>8973716

bucatini

most likely to choke you

>>8973839
Wtf long maraconis

>>8973839
>built-in air hole
>most likely to choke you
hm

>>8973833
i love those with alfredo sauce

>>8973856

try it

>>8973829

>>8973856

they act as speed holes.

they got down your throat so quickly, you're liable to choke.

>>8973716
Long noodly pasta is shit and fucking evil

>>8973863
>speed holes

anything whole-weat

>>8973829
I projectile vomited after eating orzo so it hasn't sit well with me since.

>>8973716
Goddamn it spaghetti pisses me off so fucking much.

>>8973716
Bowties

ravioli is always underwhelming.

although that's probably 'cause i've only had the cheap mass-produced kind.

always too thin, soft and mushy.

Itialian pasta is silly
its all just the same stuff but in different shapes
Italians must've gotten pretty bored at some point in history

>>8973716
So we're all agreed that you should give your pasta a quick rinse after cooking right?

How best to plate up spagetti? So its not just a mass on the plate. I've seen chefs do a thing where they twirl it round a spoon or something, but what's the technique?

>>8975093
You wash your pasta after boiling it in water and salt?
Are you fucking retarded

>>8974274
Once you have real raviolis you'll probably change your tune.

>>8975161
To stop it sticking you peasant.

>>8973733
Maybe use a spoon instead?

>>8975179

>He doesn't lightly toss his pasta with a smidge of olive oil or butter immediately after straining
>He doesn't have things timed such that the fixings associated with his pasta are ready when the pasta is

Despite this, you have the gall to call someone else a peasant?

>>8973803
I don't know about you anon but I always loved that as a kid. That spongebob mac and cheese was GOAT

>>8975220
>putting oil or butter on pasta is necessary when you can just give it a 3 second rinse with water

Way to ruin the dish.
Truly a fucking peasant.
Hows your butter'n'sketti taste?

I don't care for linguini. It's a thicker, more toothy pasta compared to spaghetti. The dishes that are popular for linguini are better suited for spaghetti imo. I'm thinking of you seafood sauces. If somebody thinks different, I'm down to hear it though. I'm not mad. I'm questioning fettuccine too.

>>8974274
Listen to this guy. >>8974274
I've been to Italy before and they had the GOAT ravioli there.

>>8975266

>He doesn't get that the 3 second rinse gets rid of all the starch and salt that collects on the pasta as it cooks

There's a reason plenty of recipes tell you to save a cup of the water pasta boils in. You're washing away flavor hombre, when it makes no sense too.

>>8975308
>3 second rinse gets rid of all the starch and salt that collects on the pasta as it cooks

It literally does not, learn to cook peasant.

>>8973733
>elbow macaroni.
thisthisthis

>>8975337
just give up m8 you're wrong. not even the same guy.

>>8975358
Yeah, can't educate these /ck/ amateurs.
Giving your pasta a quick squirt of water and a shake around doesn't remove anything.

>>8975337

>>3 second rinse gets rid of all the starch and salt that collects on the pasta as it cooks

>It literally does not, learn to cook peasant.

Dipshit, the starch is the only thing that makes your pasta stick in the first place. If your 3 second rinse doesn't remove that then why the fuck are you rinsing at all?

>>8973856
Really makes me think.

>>8975368
It's the hot temperature of the stuff that makes it stick.
A quick shock of cold water fixes that without making the pasta cold.

Spaghetti is actually the best pasta and my go-to fast food

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm_5BALpZEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eabecxMhJlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AAdKl1UYZs
etc.

>>8975385

>It's the hot temperature of the stuff that makes it stick.

Anon, I might have been kind of a dick before, but know that I'm telling you that you're wrong only so you can make the right choice later. It isn't the temperature that makes your pasta stick, it's the starch that releases when your pasta actually cooks. I'm pretty sure the reason that tossing it with oil works is that it gives the starch something to stick too that ISN'T more starch, but I'm not positive so don't quote me. All I know for sure is that you give up a shit ton of what goes into cooking pasta by washing all that away after the fact.

>>8975429
You're not washing anything away.,
It's literally a quick squirt of cold water then a shake.
If anything was going to be washed away by that then it would be washed away by the draining.

>>8975447

Straining pasta isn't as vigorous as running water over it is, and that should be obvious to anyone who can see the speed at which water leaves the tap.

Truth be told though, I should have stopped replying when you said you thought it was the heat that made the pasta stick. If that were the case, cold pasta wouldn't turn into veritable rubber, it would slip and slide all over the place.

Either way hombre, keep doing what you're doing. It's not like I'm ever gonna eat your pasta, so it's no worry for me.

Linguine

>>8975483
You're not running water over it you halfwit.
It's literally a quick squirt and then shake it out.
You just don't understand pasta science.

>>8973788
>>8974140
Farfalle is the best!

>>8975220
>2017
>eating with a spoon
You savage.

>>8975365
The starch is why it sticks together, so if giving it a "quick squirt" doesn't remove anything, why bother? It will still stick but now be colder.

>>8975545
Hot starch sticks together.
When you shock the starch with a bit of cold water it helps prevent sticking without actually cooling down the pasta.
It's fucking science.

>>8975554
My cold pasta sticks together you fucking retard. Go flog your bullshit some where else.

>>8973719
>
Literally.

>>8975554

You're quite good at this. I'm impressed, honestly.

>>8975557
Already cold pasta is a completely different animal.
You need to have the starch in that sweet spot between fresh-out-of-the-pot hot and cooling down, which you do by giving it a quick shake of cold water.

>>8975563
:)

>>8975574
You mean have it hot? Because "a quick shake" doesn't make it any colder. When I make pasta salad I have to rinse it and make it cold and it takes a good 2 minutes of constant stirring in cold water to even make it be able to touch with my hands without burning.

>>8975580
The quick shake of cold water shocks the starch molecules so that they do not bond together so easily.
Visualise it like closing your pores after a shave with a splash of cold water.
Also, like I fucking said, it doesn't cool down the pasta itself, just the starch.
Fucking hell.

>>8975597
So like 40 seconds or so under the water?

man i remember my frens mom made sum nassty ass spaghetti and i cudent stop spittin out all da greasy onions on my galric breD

>>8975606
>40 seconds
What? We're talking about pasta here!
It's literally a squirt then a shake.
Even having the tap open for more than a second is too much.

>>8975631
Then you don't make pasta and are full of shit. I have 5 people here. We make a pound at a time. A pound of pasta will have NOTHING...literally...NOTHING done to it by less than one second "squirt" of water while in the strainer. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. It won't even touch 90% of the pasta. You're so full of shit and a fucking retarded kid. Go fuck your dog and post on /b/ not here where someone may innocently take you seriously some how.

>>8975650
Chill jesus

>>8973829
orzo is goat cold pasta salad pasta

>>8975655
This is my first time here and I'm laughing

>>8975650
Even as little as 70% coverage would be enough to prevent substantial sticking, though you get more than that.
Also, a pound of pasta at a time?
If a single/half pack of pasta isn't enough for your family then have smaller portions you fat fucks.

The reason you're reacting with such vitriol is that you're being forced to confront your own lack of cooking ability and are taking it badly.
A bit embarrassing really.

>>8975669
Yeah lol it escalated so quickly

>>8975672
Yeah think about that next time you get your whopper or double quarter pounds (half pound) with cheese you fat shit. 5 people, 1 pound of pasta = .2 pounds a person. Less than a quarter pound or about 1 cup of cooked pasta dip shit. What..are we suppose to eat 1 spaghetti string per person like the wittle birdy out the window?

>>8975763
Pasta is literal dish filler.
I can't believe you're eating so much per person, can you even fit the toppings on the plate?
Oh wait, you're the butter'n'sketti guy aren't you? Now it makes sense.

>>8975782
No. I'm the mix the sauce with the spaghetti after it's cooking and not a squirt of water for no reason guy. Pasta is a meal. Not a dish filler. HMMMM LEMME GET THE LASAGNA TO FILL THE VOID BESIDE MY CHEESEBURGER AND TACOS AND HOTDOG

>>8975807
Mate, you're going off the rails.
It's okay if you have your own pleb way of cooking.
There's nothing wrong with that.
But don't bite at people who are just trying to teach you better techniques.

Farfalle, especially the small kind.

Doesn't hold food or sauce, breaks when you try to eat it with a fork, too big and cumbersome to eat with a spoon. Useless through and through.

>>8976011
AGREED. Farfalle is shit, it doesn't cook evenly and it falls apart. The only time it's okay is in a pasta salad.

>arguing whether or not you should rinse pasta / add oil or butter
>not adding a little of the sauce you've prepared to the pasta to lube 'em up
step it up, /ck/.

also, macaroni is pretty shit, especially if the noodles are smooth and not textured.

>>8973795
truth.

and surprisingly the ridgeless penne variation suck balls...who knew?

>>8973839
Bucatini is the best dry pasta there is, bite your tongue heathen

>>8973839
>>8976538
I feel like every time I cook bucatini the noodle splits legthwise and results in an ugly noodle with a fucked up texture. I was using them when I was trying to perfect my cacio e pepe and carbonara techniques, were my results caused by cheap pasta? Could it be remedied by getting some of the better stuff cut with a bronze die? In any case, my need for fat spaghetti was generally solved when my little grocery started carrying this stuff

Macaroni elbows is the only bad pasta
No sauce works with it. Even the roux based cheese sauce. Would rather eat it with shells or cavatappi.

>>8973733
Do you have Parkinsons?

>>8973730
Those are kind of shit.

>>8973863
Maybe don't eat like a fucking goose and actually chew your food?

>>8975220
This, rinsing pasta is for unrefined niggers.

I never cared one way or the other about spaghetti until I had angel hair

Now I can't stand spaghetti

>>8975368
Is Bobby going to be part of the Strickland briefing?

>>8973716
angel hair pasta can go suck a big fat benis
>tfw a texture eater

>>8973719

>>8973716
try spaghetti with garlic butter and bacon

then tell me it's shit

Angel hair pasta.

>>look at me i'm anorexic spaghetti

>>8973732
Wat

fucking mafaldine, never cooks right and looks/feels like dead tapeworms. pigdisgusting trash

>>8977065
What is "a texture eater"? I like angel hair because when it wraps around the fork into a tight ball it has a better texture than spaghetti, linguine, etc. It's like the difference between trying to bite through an ice cube compared to shaved ice.

>>8977459
forgot revolting picture

>>8975179
Just toss it with your sauce and a small amount of water from cooking the pasta, if it sticks that means it sat too long without being sauced.

Although it's okay if you're making pasta salad, or serving it the way some Japanese places do where the noodles have been rinsed and then you dip each bite into a bit of sauce. Don't really see the point in doing that but it works for some people I guess.

Why the fuck is this board full of worst pasta/best pasta threads lately?
You guys are plebs and the worst pasta is orzo.

>>8977478
>not liking orzo
MODS

>>8977544
>liking orzo
MODS

>>8977445
it's macaroni you dip

>>8973741
>implying a company will risk a major federal offense just to le eppyq troll you

Do you know how I know the pasta isn't the problem?

>>8973741
White flour is already super cheap... I eat that brand and I'm fine. It might be psychological, you see the cheap store brand and start assuming something is going to be wrong with it and your mind makes it happen.

>>8973839
THIS
>every piece is too large and heavy
>can't suck them in like spaghetti because of the fucking hole in the middle

>>8977432
Fuck off nerd. Angel hair is the best.

>>8973730
Shells are definitely shit

>>8978608
fuck off. shells are some of the best.

>>8975179
genious

>>8975655
I don't think that's Jesus. Jesus isn't that angry. Plus I don't think he curses.

i feel like the best and worst types of pasta depend on the sauce you're cooking

that said, bucatini is objectively the best and elbow macaroni is for slow children who have trouble not going to the bathroom on themselves

>>8975960
>>8976460
10/10

Bigoli or bucatini, with a good rabbit ragu they're fucking amazing.

t. Italian.

>>8975179
This has never happened to me before; tell me about it. Why do you wash the paste before putting it on a plate?

>>8973716
Shit like alphabet and tiny ass stars are genuinely useless. So are the dumplings in German/Austrian soups.

Poorly proportioned ravioli are also foul.

I don't think any pasta is the worst one but I can say that I just got bored out of spaghetti long time ago.
Bavette and Capellini are my long time favorites.

>>8979584
>good rabbit ragu

OMG that sounds good

>>8973716

Farfelle makes me wish i was dead

>>8980163
Fuck you, rotini has never done anything to deserve this abuse

Pappardelle sucks because all sauces slide off. Farfelle also is the worst, it cooks unevenly due to its shape.

Their is absolutely nothing wrong with rotini pasta. It is the best pasta if you want to taste sauce.

>>8977610
it's maccheroni

>>8980163

This. I absolutely hate these motherfuckers.

>>8980163
That pasta is great with somewhat thick sauces.
Fuck you retard.

>>8980163
this is good shit mane what are you on about

They're all great. Pasta shapes are fun and food should always been fun.

>>8975179

>>8975153
you get a carving fork and spin it around until it turns into a nest, it's not rocket science

https://youtu.be/MbRm5s3i2ik?t=2m25s

>>8977461

>>8980163
I like these. They hold the sauce well

>>8973716
All pasta is fine if you don't overcook it and make sure to pair it with the correct sauce.

>>8973819
>not eating stegosaurus pasta

>>8975429
The oil interacts with starch which acts as an enulsifier and bonds it to the water

>>8975554
>Hot starch sticks together
>Shocking it with cold water cools down the starch without cooling down the pasta

>>8976862
agreed, angel hair is the devil

>>8973719

/thread

If you've ever wanted to eat something with less nutritional value than pizza...PASTA!!! Put dem extra cheeses and meats on it...

We all know the answer: bows

You can never cook them coirrectly because they're thickerin the middle so you either have overcooked wings or a hard middle bit.

Shite pasta if there ever was one.

>>8975179
Why are you leaving your pasta out once it's cooked? Toss it with sauce immediately.

Why can't pasta be simple and have just a few shape ? The one that holds up the sauce is the most logical

Can't they be simple just like rice ?

>>8980163
This school lunch tier overcooked pasta is the worst.

Those fucking retarded bowties. What's their point?

>>8980163
This is great stuff though.

Works lovely in a pasta salad, also holds pesto great.

0/10 couldn't be more wrong.

>>8984295
THIS THIS THIS

Doesn't hold sauce for shit AND cooks like shit

/thread

>>8984558
you don't always want the most sauce though

Catavelli is the best

>>8974274
Never tried homemade but i've been in few restaurants and it always has some subtile taste that I don't like

>>8975163
>>8974274
i've had Antonio carluccio cook me ravioli personally, it was really underwhelming.

went to a ostoria oggi and had their agnolotti, was far better.

>>8975093
>>8975179
take it out about 30 seconds before the point you want i cooked too, strain it off and put on a tray that allows is to be spread out coat with a small amount of olive oil, works a charm, it's what pro kitchens do. if you wash it it'll blow out the pasta and it'll be waterlogged.

>>8977445
>not knowing based Yankee Doodle

>>8984558
There are different kinds of sauces. Chunky sauces do well with smaller pasta shapes, smooth tomato sauce goes better with noodle shapes or pasta with ridges, oil or cream sauces do better with smooth pasta.

>>8984835
What ? Where ?

>>8984295
I like them because of that. Have the middle be al dente while the rest is well cooked. Strikes a nice balance.

>>8980163
fuck you, this is like the best kind of pasta ever

mom's spaghetti

>>8973719
kill yourself

>>8985669
i used to work at a restaurant and we had an event where we did his menu for the night. we put on his pleated ravioli in a napkin on the menu and he came in and did it. not great. that said his linguine with cockles is nice.

>>8984635
EAting whole wheat rotini dish in school is one of the worst experiences of my life.

I'm addicted to tortellini, I buy the cheap pack from Lidl, with a jar of sauce and some cheese mixed in, it's the absolute shit

>>8988251
>tortellini
mah nigga
especially if they're filled with some kind of meat

I get a hard on from them

>>8973716
>Dipshit talks shit about spaghetti

Just admit it, you cannot eat anything pasta and you came to take it out on the superior humans. :^]

since I like all the variants of pasta, I will shit on anyone who think that one is worse than the other.

>>8973733
kek. this.

>>8973741
don't' let the jews fool you
your stomach is correct
walmart brand is literal shit. and they know it.

they love to watch the goy eat it.

>>8988325
Nice animu.
Faggot.

>>8973819
tf is that atrocity

>>8973833
fuck these things in particular

>>8973839
gross wtf

>>8973959
same
especially with Chicken Parmesan dinners.

>>8974274
seems hit or miss really. gotta find the kind with stuff actually filled, or it's just flat pasta.

>>8975153
stop buying spahget

>>8975277
get off fettucini's back. alfredo needs a good landing space if the person doesn't like penne after his mom dropped him on his head

>>8973716
I don't really like bucatini but there's probably something it'd be good with.

>>8975563
top notch trolling imo

>>8975826
>But don't bite at people who are just trying to teach you better techniques.


fucking dead

>>8976460
ridgless penne is literally satans anus chute

>>8976538
>dry pasta

>>8976862
Angel Hair ( capellini ) >infinitely greater than> Spaghetti

>>8977432
Spaghetti

>>look at me because no one will im the fatter version of the pretty girl Angel Hair and no one sauces me up anymore because im too fat but i do keep seeing jamal glance at me every once in a while someone should develop watermelon sauce so someone will love my fatass again

>>8988191
whole wheat ANY pasta is a terrible experience, you need counseling.

>>8989150
>watermelon sauce

hm. intradasting.

>>8984295
>so you either have overcooked wings or a hard middle bit.


Yep. This is the real answer here fellas.

/thread

>>8977080
Upvoted. Now go back.

>>8973733
fucking hell this

>>8973730

The small shells are the most useless thing I have ever seen

They are not big enough to make stuffed shells
And they are too bulky and pushes everything away when made into a salad

Why do small shells exist?

>>8989191
Watermelon gazpacho is a thing. Google it.

Angel hair and ziti are tied for worst pasta.

ACTION MAN BOW TIES.

>I don't like the main pasta everyone knows and eats besides macaroni so it's the worst.
>>8973723
As above, but replace Mac with spaghetti.

To answer the question, fuck those stupid ass corkscrew duck penis noodles. They look like shit no matter how you cook them, you literally can not make them look good.

>>8973716
all of it. want carbs? eat bread.

>>8991797
pouring a nice alfredo over a raw piece of bread...mmmmm..tasty.

>>8984295
This is objective truth, farfalle are fucking trash, too uneven to be cooked properly and sauce just washes right off. Fuck em.

>>8973716
B O W T I E S

>>8973819
literally wat