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09 February 2008

Pasta stars or fusilli? So it's cold and rainy and blustery out, and I'm making a big pot of hearty minestrone. It has kidney beans, dried edamame, lentils, barley, carrots, onion, leek, green beans, tomato, zucchini, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, arugula, potato (not a lot), bacon, garlic, and a little red wine. I also want to throw in some pasta. I have tiny pasta stars and fusilli. Which would you use?

post by: taz at: 09:31 | 19 comments

I would probably use the pasta stars, but that's just because I've never seen pasta stars before. OMG pasta stars.

posted by chrismear 09 February | 09:59

stars! they glitter so nice!

posted by dabitch 09 February | 10:04

Actually is it tiny stars? I only use those for soup. Then Fusilli.

posted by dabitch 09 February | 10:05

Pasta stars, pasta stars,
Do whatever the fusilli do,
And they're small,
And shaped like stars,
Would taste good,
In your soup.
Oh my god. Here come the pasta stars.

posted by chrismear 09 February | 10:06

teeeeeeeeeny tiny stars! Like this:

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So, I'm a bit torn between pasta like this that fits a bunch into a soup spoon full of soup, or the fusilli (maybe broken in half) that gives all the bits something to cling to.

posted by taz 09 February | 10:17

I'm leaning toward stars, or perhaps hey-why-not-both?, but how small are you chopping the other stuff?

posted by box 09 February | 10:18

pretty small dice... maybe I can get a quick shot...

posted by taz 09 February | 10:21

If you're chopping the other stuff really tiny (like, say, star-pasta-sized), maybe the fusilli's a better choice, just for visual/textural contrast.

posted by box 09 February | 10:28

Pasta stars too small Stop. Break Fusilli by hand instead and boil Stop Use stars for next soup Stop

posted by dabitch 09 February | 10:33

Okay, here we go. Not that small, really. You can sorta tell the sizes by the kidney bean.

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by taz 09 February | 10:34

Going with fusilli. Stop. Cover me, I'm going in. Stop.

posted by taz 09 February | 10:36

We're in radio shadow now. All we can do is wait. And pray.

posted by dabitch 09 February | 10:48

bzzzbpt, bzzpt... omg, it's full of corkscrews! Bunny Control, Bunny Control, do you read? We have Soup. I repeat, we have Soup.

Heaven in a bowl, I should say. Sprinkled with fresh parmesan... hooboy, it is waaaay-ay good. And enough to feed all of you, and then some. Pig-out party at my place!

posted by taz 09 February | 11:27

I am just getting up. Can you put some aside for 10 hours or so?

posted by danf 09 February | 11:41

I thought fusilli was pieces of airplanes?

posted by chewatadistance 09 February | 12:41

Oooh! What about getting some pasta stars and threading them with spaghetti? You'd have a great necklace that you could in an emergency!

posted by TheDonF 09 February | 12:52

I want me some Heaven in a Bowl®. All I had was crappy mac&cheese.

*goes to make spaghetti-star necklace and sell on eBay*

posted by dabitch 09 February | 12:55

whew. I'm stuffed. Danf, your soup is being kept warm on the stove, ready when you are.

posted by taz 09 February | 13:50

Yum, soup. I've just roasted a load of tomatoes and peppers for next week's soup and pasta sauce. The glorious thing about running a marathon is that you have to consume a whole load of carbs before a long run. And that means paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasta, rice, potatoes and so on. I'm in food heaven. Pass the bread!

posted by TheDonF 09 February | 15:21

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