# What are your favorite types of pasta noodles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625 "2013-03-22T12:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/1 "2013-03-22T12:35:51Z")
Poll will be coming eventually, be patient (a lot of options on it). Yes, I know there’s more than 20, but putting more than that on here seemed like overkill, so I figured I’d just go with the ones (I’m betting) most have heard of. If you don’t know what a noodle looks like, just Google it…chances are it will look familiar to you, even if you don’t know it by name. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/2 "2013-03-22T13:03:03Z")
My go to dry pasta is linguine, and occasionally penne. I also use [cavatappi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavatappi)for mac & cheese and a regional dish known in New England as American Chop Suey, which is really a macaroni in tomato meat sauce. The comprehensive [Wikipedia list of pasta types](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pasta). ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/3 "2013-03-22T13:11:05Z")
Hey! Where’s the pappardelle? They’re my favorite. (That didn’t stop me from voting for all my other favorites. Pasta is my favorite food, although now I only eat it in moderation.) Oddly, the one type of pasta I actively dislike is spaghetti. It’s probably all in my head, but I swear they make tomato sauce feel greasy. I also don’t like farfalle, but that’s usually because they’re very dense and doughy due to the shape itself. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/4 "2013-03-22T13:13:10Z")
Assuming that Ritoni = Rotini. By ‘Macaroni’ did you mean the elbow shape? Because that can cover an awful lot of types of pasta as an umbrella term. Unless it’s under a different name, I don’t see Ditali here, and that’s definitely a favorite, especially because it’s so easy to pack in bottles with a sauce for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/5 "2013-03-22T13:14:34Z")
Linguini, lasagna, and penne are what I use the most. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/6 "2013-03-22T13:14:42Z")
It depends greatly on what I’m eating the pasta with. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/7 "2013-03-22T13:18:10Z")
Missing ditalini and orzo. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/8 "2013-03-22T13:18:18Z")
Nothing beats spaghetti as an all rounder. Although I adore a good bit of lasagne - when cooked in a certain way it’s a little bit crispy at the edges. Gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/9 "2013-03-22T13:20:44Z")
I have always thought Farfalle are adorable and they’re my favorite shape, but the ones I use most are rotini, penne, and regular old spaghetti. When the kids were small, I used shapes more often than spaghetti, since they could spear it and eat it better, and sort of stuck with that for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/10 "2013-03-22T13:23:51Z")
My favorite are spaghetti, penne, fusilli and linguine. And even though I love pasta, I really hate Orzo and Angel Hair pasta. Just hate them. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/11 "2013-03-22T13:27:53Z")
My favorite is Capellini, also known as Angel Hair. Suck it, **phantom lamb**! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/12 "2013-03-22T13:29:25Z")
Penne is my current favorite. I use angel hair more than any other, but that’s for dietary reasons. I’ve never had most of these choices though. I need to broaden my horizon. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/13 "2013-03-22T13:33:51Z")
Not just spaghetti but thin spaghetti or angel hair. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/14 "2013-03-22T13:38:31Z")
Ravioli, with tortellini a distant second. I like my pasta to have stuff in it, dammit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/15 "2013-03-22T13:44:51Z")
Spaghettini is the most commonly used in our house: it has all the good points of spaghetti, but it cooks slightly quicker. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/16 "2013-03-22T14:14:47Z")
Orzo is my current fave, with a little butter and parmesan. Penne for most tomato sauces. Spaghetti or linguine for meatballs and sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/17 "2013-03-22T14:15:44Z")
Isn’t “pasta noodle” a bit redundant, like “pizza pie”? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/18 "2013-03-22T14:22:11Z")
If cooking for myself? Angel hair, the thinner the better. Next: bow ties! Third: small shells, for making cold pasta salad. Cooking for the family, it’s usually spirals or plain old 'psgetti. Lasagna on rare occasions. I don’t like big thick hunks of pasta. That’s good for filling up the empty stomaches of the young and the undiscriminating. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/19 "2013-03-22T14:28:24Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Hey! Where’s the pappardelle? They’re my favorite. Mine too. It’s the perfect vehicle for pesto. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-types-of-pasta-noodles/653625/20 "2013-03-22T15:23:30Z")
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