To only buy one shape of pasta?

[BroomstickOfLove]

I'm tidying up the kitchen cupboards. There are currently 6 mostly-empty bags, each with a different shape of pasta. WIBU to only ever buy a single shape from now on? And if so, which shape is best? I'm thinking of going for fusilli.

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

[Nerdybeethoven]

Interesting discussion. I absolutely LOATHE fusilli and get very cross if DH keeps buying it.

Linguine and rigatoni are my favourites, although my son prefers penne to rigatoni as he thinks it makes the plate look fuller (although he accepts that it's the same weight).

Also, NEVER the supermarket own brands. Preferably De Cecco.

I love talking with Italians about pasta (about anything food-related, actually) and hearing their mainly very strong opinion about what goes with what.

And also salt the water just before you put in the pasta, never when the water's cold (I keep telling DH this). And be ready to serve up immediately. And none of this putting a bowl of pasta on the table, and a separate bowl of sauce for people to serve and mix themselves (MIL does this despite being an otherwise brilliant cook). Just no, no, no and no again.

[Nerdybeethoven]

I have been known to mix pasta shapes for the kids and DH, if I'm using up bits of packets (if the cooking time is compatible) as they're such philistines anyway, but would never do so for polite company!

[cushioncovers]

Yabu  I currently have four types in my cupboard and use them all for different types of meals.

[Stabbitha]

I go with spirelli. It's like a middle ground between fusilli and penne. Plus spaghetti and lasagne sheets.

I'm always intrigued by posh fancy giant pasta. I never buy it though, it seems to defeat the object of pasta being a cheaper meal which has worked it's easy into my head.

[TombIhadaGraveChange]

I have some chocolate pasta in the cupboard that I've had for years. Bought it meaning to make a salted caramel sauce for it. One day I'll get round to it (and then, no doubt, find it infiltrated by beasties!).

[PhilomenaButterfly]

Is that like spinach pasta, but instead of spinach it's chocolate? Tomb?

[VerbeenaBeeks]

I knew I wasn't adulting properly and this thread just confirms it.
Matching the pasta shapes to the sauce? You get what you're given in this house, it's lucky dip lol
Some days it might be fusilli, some days farfalle, some days it's reckless abandonment and you get a mixture as I'm using up half full bags cluttering up the cupboard

[FuckKnuckle]

So...what sauce would you recommend to go with penis shaped pasta? (and please don't say carbonara...)

I pretty much buy what appeals to me when I'm shopping - it usually works, but then, we're philistines . The only one I didn't get on with was a strange small pasta with each piece shaped like a straightened out croissant - it was impossible to cook it in the middle without the ends being overdone and slimy.

[solittletime]

It's quite normal in Italy to mix similar pasta shapes every now and then.. just put the pasta that cooks longest first and time the rest accordingly!
Obviously not long and short pasta!

[formerbabe]

Fusilli is the best and the most versatile. Penne is so boring...we only have it because dd won't eat any other pasta shape.

[AdaColeman]

Penis shaped pasta must need puttanesca sauce surely!

[PhilomenaButterfly]

FuckKnuckle penis shaped pasta carbonara.

[gilmoregal]

Tagliatelle and farfalle are my faves we've always got penne too i think of it as the one you can use for anything,

Not a fusilli fan and rigatoni is the work of the devil

Oh and lasagne sheets always need those

[Wilma55]

I'm loving orzo at the moment.

[MaisyPops]

I'm one of those knobs that has eleventy pasta types in (including fresh pasta bags).

Much as I'd love to say I knew the correct pastas for each sauce, 80% of the time I let my mood dictate the shape.

[OneStepMoreFun]

Some of you farfalle-lovers will have to explain yourselves to me. It's rock hard in the middle and soggy-flabby on the frilly outer wings. Only about 40% of any individual butterfly is perfectly al dente.

[MilkTrayLimeBarrel]

All pasta is disgusting - I really hate the texture, taste and look of it.

[LeeMiller]

Farfalle is a mystery. It's clearly the worst shape. Either half chewy or half soggy.

We live in Italy so have access to a huge selection of types and shapes. But every brand from budget to high end does it so it's clearly one of the most popular choices. I've banned DH from buying it.

[PhilomenaButterfly]

So what were the butterflies Schadenfreude?

[GimmeBread]

You take that back @RiverTam! It's called macaroni cheese for a reason - if you use penne (ugh) it's just cheesey pasta! Isn't it? 🤨

[GimmeBread]

Bucatini. I tried this once and tried to suck it up like spaghetti - didn't work. It was IMPOSSIBLE to eat! 😂

[VerbeenaBeeks]

Penne is so boring...we only have it because dd won't eat any other pasta shape
I was all set to say why, they all taste the feckin' same, then remember kids are all bloody annoying and mine are exactly the same when it comes to food!

[formerbabe]

Penne is so boring...we only have it because dd won't eat any other pasta shape

I was all set to say why, they all taste the feckin' same, then remember kids are all bloody annoying and mine are exactly the same when it comes to food!

I know! I can't face the discussion...A bag of penne is about 30p in Lidl...a small price to pay for a quiet life

[cushioncovers]

Penis shaped pasta