Best pasta shape?

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A man stopped me in the supermarket to ask what was the best pasta shape. (He said he hated pasta from taste testing it for years but was cooking for someone else)

I said Spirali, my oldest says penne.

If you had to choose one shape, which is your go-to?

I like the shells best.

I like spaghetti

Totally depends on the sauce.

Fusilli is the one we use day to day. It’s a good all rounder.

For my favourite pasta dish though it has to be rigatoni as the tubes hold the sauce and yummy bits of leek and bacon in a way that other shapes don’t.

Penne with sauce so it gets inside, yum

This ^^

Fusilli or any spiral

Farfalle

Shells or spaghetti.

worst is bows

Spirali!

Depends on the sauce

Tagliatelle

Orecchiette, but it's not usually readily available- love it tho! From the commonly available I'd struggle to choose between conchiglie and lasagne

Rigatoni. Sauce doesn't matter. Everything is better with rigatoni.

Rigatoni

Fusilli bucati is a good all-rounder I think.

Depends on the sauce, but penne or farfalle generally. Fusilli is probably my least favourite! Although I do like the fresh version. Love fresh tagliatelle. Farfalle is good because you always have a more al dents bit in the middle. I find fusilli often tastes overcooked.

Farfalle. Love when the sauce gets stuck in the middle of the bow tie.

Actually, I also love love orichiette but very hard to find now. Tesco used to do it but no longer.

Spiralli.

Rigatoni! Love it so much I named my dog after it :)
My Italian partner prefers fusilli or cavatappi

I can't stand farfalle, spirali or anything where the difference in thickness of the pasta affects the bite.

In every other case, it depends on the sauce.

Bows!
If bows sold out, shells.

I agree bows are the worst.

I like the spirals for tomato sauce and spaghetti or tagliatelle for a cheesy sauce

Sorry, farfalle, if farfalle sold out, conchiglie.