Linguine, fettuccini, bikini...

[Larry Gude]

WTF is the difference between linguine, fettuccini and spaghetti, reg, thin and/or angel hair?

Safeway has linguine on sale for $1 a box and I bought like, 3,000 of them, and it occurred to me, as I was putting my haul away, that there must be a difference, linguine must suck and I made a boo boo and I may regret this. However, I just made 'sghetti and it's awesome. So, what's the difference???

 

[DoWhat]

WTF is the difference between linguine, fettuccini and spaghetti, reg, thin and/or angel hair?

Safeway has linguine on sale for $1 a box and I bought like, 3,000 of them, and it occurred to me, as I was putting my haul away, that there must be a difference, linguine must suck and I made a boo boo and I may regret this. However, I just made 'sghetti and it's awesome. So, what's the difference???

l, f & s. duh

 

[vraiblonde]

Spaghetti is spaghetti, fettuccine is flat and wider, and linguine is flat and narrow like spaghetti.



You like them all.

 

[Larry Gude]

Spaghetti is spaghetti, fettuccine is flat and wider, and linguine is flat and narrow like spaghetti.



You like them all.

I KNEW you'd be along to help me! And you DO know everything!

Now, to my question, is that it, just the shape? That's all???

 

[vraiblonde]

Now, to my question, is that it, just the shape? That's all???

As far as I'm aware.

It's like macaroni vs. rotini vs. fusilli vs. spaghetti vs. noodles. It's the same stuff, only different.

 

[Dye Tied]

Dear Lar,

Different width noodles hold different sauces better.

YW,

Dye, the WOP

 

[nachomama]

Dear Lar,

Different width noodles hold different sauces better.

YW,

Dye, the WOP

I believe the rule of thumb is...the thinner the noodles, the thinner the sauce. The thicker the noodles, the thicker the sauce. Angel hair pasta works well with oil based sauces and pasta salads while the thicker noodles are for cream-based sauces.

 

[Bann]

Spaghetti is spaghetti, fettuccine is flat and wider, and linguine is flat and narrow like spaghetti.

Right.
With pasta - it's about the sauces or the fillings. Because, really, pretty much all the noodles are made the same, so they pretty much taste the same! (except for the variations of regular run of the mill pasta)

Every sauce is used with a certain pasta because of the way the sauce clings to the pasta or how the filling stays in the pasta, etc.

 

[Bann]

Dear Lar,

Different width noodles hold different sauces better.

YW,

Dye, the WOP

I didn't know you were Italian!

 

[Dye Tied]

I didn't know you were Italian!

'Scuse me? Even the people on the Italy trip knew I was Italian. They would walk up to me and start talking in Italian

 

[Bann]

'Scuse me? Even the people on the Italy trip knew I was Italian. They would walk up to me and start talking in Italian

I didn't know! :shrug:

 

[Larry Gude]

I didn't know! :shrug:

Good lord. How much woppier could she get?

 

[Bann]

Good lord. How much woppier could she get?

I wasn't on the Italy trip with her! Sheesh!

But I'm glad to know it. I am an honorary Wop, since I lived there as a kid. We loved it there so much.

 

[Dye Tied]

Good lord. How much woppier could she get?

Hey Paisan..checka this out.



National Pasta Association

 

[Vince]

Spaghetti is spaghetti, fettuccine is flat and wider, and linguine is flat and narrow like spaghetti.



You like them all.

I thought the linguine was flat and wide, wider than fettuccine.

 

[Vince]

Hey Paisan..checka this out.



National Pasta Association

I never heard of a few of those. Like the tripolini? But most of the rest I've had at one time or another in my life.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

I believe the rule of thumb is...the thinner the noodles, the thinner the sauce. The thicker the noodles, the thicker the sauce. Angel hair pasta works well with oil based sauces and pasta salads while the thicker noodles are for cream-based sauces.

You must be an Alton Brown fan. You kinda sound like him. Recipes, food and a culinary education. :-D

 

[Larry Gude]

Hey Paisan..checka this out.



National Pasta Association

But, whata am I supposed to ah do-a when-a the sauce-a she comes out a bit thinner than what I choose-a the noodle for? A?

 

[Bann]

But, whata am I supposed to ah do-a when-a the sauce-a she comes out a bit thinner than what I choose-a the noodle for? A?

 

[Vince]

But, whata am I supposed to ah do-a when-a the sauce-a she comes out a bit thinner than what I choose-a the noodle for? A?

You're SOL.