Do you know your pasta types?...
Do you know your pasta types? Take this quiz
and see how you do. When we first moved to Italy, I'd say we only knew
a handful of pasta types by name (and most were probably English
equivalents like bowtie instead of farfalle). It made for interesting
restaurant moments because we didn't speak enough Italian to
understand the explanation if we asked. At first we learned by asking
the names of pasta dishes that had been served nearby.
Eventually, we moved beyond pasta types and got to the real meat (no pun
intended)... the sauces/preparation (too many to list). Everyone has their favorite pasta. Unfortunately, for me it's usually the one I'm eating at the time. 
By the way, I got 20 out of 24 on the quiz. That's only because most of the pasta types I didn't recognize had descriptive names and guess what?... I speak Italian!
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