/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.12301977]

A question to italians:

What is the best pasta brand?

[Anonymous No.12301979]

>>12301977
Tuna noodle casserole

[Anonymous No.12301982]

>>12301977
Felicetti

[Anonymous No.12302001]

Benedetto Cavalieri > Felicetti > Voiello > De Cecco

[Anonymous No.12302017]

If you don't make all your pasta by hand following the recipe of my grandmother (mine, not yours), you aren't a real Italian

[Anonymous No.12302022]

>>12302017
Pls post said recipe

[Anonymous No.12302024]

>>12302022
Water and flower

[Anonymous No.12302025]

>>12302017
>terroni
>real Italian

[Anonymous No.12302034]

>>12302025
Do you guys not make pasta by hand up north? I haven't lived in Italy since I was a kid

[Anonymous No.12302057]

>>12301977
Went to Italy last year and noticed that most of the people were buying Garofalo. It's probably the best brand you can reliably find, it has a rough texture so sauce actually sticks to the pasta

[Anonymous No.12302068]

depends on the shape. I like de cecco spaghetti but prefer garafalo fettuce for example.

[Anonymous No.12302080]

>tfw dirt poor and eating 57 cent spaghetti from lidl

[Anonymous No.12302084]

>>12302034
>I haven't lived in Italy since I was a kid
>real Italian

[Anonymous No.12302085]

>>12302024
You forgot the egg

[Anonymous No.12302093]

>>12302084
I know I'm not, I'm only half Italian anyways.

[Anonymous No.12302118]

>>12302085
real pasta doesn't have egg

[Anonymous No.12302128]

Barilla says its the number 1 brand in Italy right on the box.

[Anonymous No.12302142]

>>12302128
well all of those 'Italian' faggots on youtube say to use barilla, but those faggots also put oil in their water when cooking pasta.

[Anonymous No.12302153]

Whichever brands are made on the old fashioned style pasta extruders that give the pasta a rough texture, so sauces hold to them better.

[Anonymous No.12302154]

>>12301977
be aware that most 'italians' posting here are probably muh heritage amerimutts

[Anonymous No.12302179]

>>12302024
Regular water?

[Anonymous No.12302200]

Basedrilla

[Anonymous No.12302202]

>>12302154
>good goy the post

[Anonymous No.12302203]

>>12301977

italianon here. Rummo, De Cecco, Voiello. In this order.

Barilla is meh tier.

[Anonymous No.12302215]

>>12302203
>Rummo

spainanon here I had this one time and it was bretty gud

[Anonymous No.12302224]

Buitoni makes 'fresh' pastas you can buy at the store

[Anonymous No.12302236]

>>12302080
I have to wonder what's the difference between cheap spaghetti from Aldi or Sainsburys and the really good stuff. I did have some nice spaghetti from Italy once but it was flavoured with lemon and I think pepper.

[Anonymous No.12302247]

>>12302236
The cheap shit has a mushier texture. My parents buy more decent stuff and I can tell the difference, but it's not too bad.

[Anonymous No.12302263]

>>12302247
can't you just make it mushier by cooking it a little longer?

[Anonymous No.12302281]

>>12302263
If you cook shit lidl pasta and something decent both to al dente, the lidl stuff will still have a slightly mushy texture. if you boil it for less, it will be under-cooked. You can make decent pasta mushy if you overcook it of course.

[Anonymous No.12302293]

>>12302224

Buitoni is the Nespresso of pasta

[Anonymous No.12302298]

>>12302281
Can't say mushy is how I would have ever described pasta from Sainsburys or Aldi that isn't overcooked and is still al dente desu. But maybe I'd need to try some of the Italian brands to give me a bit of perspective.

[Anonymous No.12302299]

>>12302263
Cheap shit never attains proper al dente status.

[Anonymous No.12303101]

>>12302203
I love Rummo
But what about Poiatti? You should try them, they are from Sicily and have a really particular flavour that I can't find in any other brand
And Grano Armando is also pretty good

[Anonymous No.12303129]

>$20 at walmart

water and flour

[Anonymous No.12303136]

>>12303129
forgot pic

[Anonymous No.12303152]

>>12302200
Why does everyone have to be forced to be politically correct.
I don't care about gays, but if someone tried to FORCE me to integrate them, I'd hate that

[Anonymous No.12303155]

>>12302024
Can I use tulips I don't have anything else in my garden

[Anonymous No.12303162]

[Anonymous No.12303166]

>>12303152
authoritarians want to control you

[Anonymous No.12303171]

>>12303162

[Anonymous No.12303193]

>>12303171

[Anonymous No.12303202]

>>12303193

[Anonymous No.12303211]

>>12303202
I recommend this book. I've made a few variants - you can try a few recipes I posted. There are a few books with the same title, but you want this one. It has better pictures which are visually appealing.

[Anonymous No.12303239]

why not just hand make your noodles? it take like barely any effort and tastes way better

[Anonymous No.12303370]

>>12303152
But it‘s the opposite that is in the pic.

[Anonymous No.12303378]

>>12301977
The one that hates fags

[Anonymous No.12303421]

>>12302200
holy fuck I know what brand I'm buying from now on.
gays btfo

[Anonymous No.12303519]

Actually, the easiest to find in every Italian grocery are Voiello and La Molisana. Because them are made with 100% locally grown wheat, while Barilla and Garofalo uses also Canadian wheat that gives you cancer. I am not chauvinistic, but there are reasons. Canada isn't an optimal place to grow durum wheat, so when harvested it contains a lot of moisture thath let molds to grow, and so it will develop carcinogenic aflatoxins. Meanwhile, Italian wheat, being harvested in very dry summers, does not have these problems and is basically aflatoxins free.

[Anonymous No.12303534]

derialing this thread to highlight the most kino channel on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahCTiukQ_vo

[Anonymous No.12303551]

>>12302179
activated water

[Anonymous No.12303552]

>>12303162
>all-purpose flour
Fucking Americans.

[Anonymous No.12303565]

>>12303534
>old hags kneading the dough is QUINOA
>all-purpose flour pasta FUCK YEAH

[Anonymous No.12303773]

>>12302057
commercial grade the best you can do is RUMMO, close second is GAROFALO

>>12302001
never heard of CAVALIERI (terrone) or FELICETTI (maybe also terrone) but VOIELLO and DE CECCO are black people tier

[Anonymous No.12303831]

La Molisana is pretty good. I also like Garofalo, Voiello and De Cecco

[Anonymous No.12304039]

>>12303565
>keen wah

[Anonymous No.12304278]

>>12302024
Water? Like from the toilet?

[Anonymous No.12304295]

>>12302200
>>12303421
You guys are a little late to the party.

[Anonymous No.12304299]

>>12302093
Then fuck off.

[Anonymous No.12304303]

>>12302154
stay on reddit you homo

[Anonymous No.12304312]

>>12302200
They backpedaled super fucking hard on this, now they are the faggiest pasta around.

[Anonymous No.12304313]

>>12304295
brb gotta go throw all my Barilla on my dyke neighbors porch.

[Anonymous No.12304315]

>>12303211
Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.12304336]

all tasta same

[Anonymous No.12305313]

>>12302203
Have you ever tried this brand? it's God tier.
Un po' cara ma di un altro livello.

[Anonymous No.12305371]

I would pick Garofalo but all pic related except for Barilla are good ones

[Anonymous No.12305372]

>>12303519
>Mafalde
Fratello

[Anonymous No.12305374]

>>12303552
I was just about to ask, where do you get tour durumflour?

[Anonymous No.12305376]

>>12304295
Did they threaten to cut of his salami?

[Anonymous No.12305381]

>>12302034
Top fresh pasta (i.e. egg pasta) is in Emilia. Quite every region has its hand made pasta, yes, in the North also agnolotti del plin, tajarin, trofie, etc etc

[Anonymous No.12305398]

>>12305381
I'm going on a meme food trip this summer, Parma, Reggio, Modena, Bologna, Ravenna, all that. Any dishes that I absolutely shouldn't eat?

[Anonymous No.12305410]

>>12303551
And regular flour?

[Anonymous No.12305414]

>>12305398
All of them. North Italian cuisine is nothing like you‘d expect. It‘s basically a slightly fancier version of German/Slavic stodge. Just stick to Burger King until you reach the South and can have proper Italian food.

[Anonymous No.12305419]

>>12305414
Haha I love bavarian/czech food though so get fucked pizzaman.

[Anonymous No.12305421]

>>12305410
deactivated flour

[Anonymous No.12305433]

Unironically barilla.

[Anonymous No.12306021]

My roommates parents are right of the boat Italians and they only use barilla, personally it’s all the same shit to me anyway

[Anonymous No.12306113]

>>12305398
Don't eat spaghetti bolognese, thats a trap. Look for trattorias and osterias. And no has nothing to do with Germany, that's north east (upper Venice). Have pasta fresca, salumi and wine. Parma is the city of gastronomy

[Anonymous No.12306116]

>>12304278
It doesn't have to be from the toilet.

[Anonymous No.12306137]

>>12306113
I know about the spaghetti meme, it was even in the news because the faggot mayor decided to get mad about it. Which aceto di modena do you usually drink with your parma ham and cheese sandwich?

[Anonymous No.12306845]

>>12306137
Sandwich confuses me.. we tend to have an aperitif with some alcohol maybe, aceto balsamico di Modena on parmigiano.. prosciutto di Parma (ham) tends to be as well as cheeses with some jam, fresh fruits or honey.

[Anonymous No.12306864]

>>12303552
Where would you even get semolina in America? A 'fancier' place like Whole Foods maybe?

[Anonymous No.12306867]

>>12306864
Literally any grocery store.

[Anonymous No.12306926]

>>12302179
WATER

[Anonymous No.12307018]

Wait semolina is used in pasta?
Here it's only really used in baking and porridge.

[Anonymous No.12307083]

>>12306867
Not true at all. It's by far the exception for a grocery to carry semolina in the US at least in flyover shitholes.

[Anonymous No.12307145]

>>12301977
out of those De Cecco

[Anonymous No.12307154]

>>12302025
>anyone born north of the Rubicon
>human
lmao

[Anonymous No.12307159]

>>12303773
>DE CECCO are black people tier
found the literal retard

rummo and de cecco are easily top tier garofalo is literal nigger tier

[Anonymous No.12307170]

>>12306137
>Which aceto di modena do you usually drink

[Anonymous No.12307229]

>>12303552
stop being stupid, guido.

italians also have "all-purpose flour". it's the ones with 10% protein. literally every brand have one

[Anonymous No.12307235]

>>12307229
His point is you don‘t make pasta out of it, drooling tard.

[Anonymous No.12307261]

>>12304295

fucking fags. this is specially ridiculous in europe.

I hate to bring pol here, but usa-style progressivism is the biggest joke ever pulled

[Anonymous No.12307275]

>>12307261
>some autistic boomer decides to go on a fag rant for no reason knowing full well it will only hurt his business
>reee progressivism

[Anonymous No.12307284]

>>12307275
the majority of his customers couldnt care less about it. what makes them change the policy was the globohomo media terrorism

[Anonymous No.12307290]

>>12301977
Garofalo is based, just avoid Barilla.

[Anonymous No.12307295]

>>12307284
What made him change the policy is his own spergout and the media shitstorm it generated.

[Anonymous No.12307355]

>>12304295
Surprising nowadays to see a conservitard have the balls to admit they were wrong and seek to change for the better. In the US they just double down on their retardation like papa "douchebag" john.

[Anonymous No.12307539]

>>12307355

I look forward to being your enemy when the fighting starts.

[Anonymous No.12307548]

>>12307539
>when the fighting starts
Just after mom finishes your laundry?

[Anonymous No.12307558]

What makes Italians so autistic? Make a dish slightly different than their 300 year old ancestor and they'll throw an enormous tardfit

Don't ask them OP, ask someone not biased

[Anonymous No.12307564]

>>12307539
Got news for you: You won't be as well armed or have military training in small unit tactics like me.
>inb4 b-but progressives d-don't have weapons
Keep thinking that, retard.

[Anonymous No.12307598]

>>12307558
Taste

[Anonymous No.12307703]

>>12307558
If you were from a country with actual history and culture you would understand, but since you’re from a globo schlomo shithole you can’t grasp such a simple concept as tradition.

[Anonymous No.12307810]

>>12307703
Name something historically significant Italy has done in the last 100 years.

[Anonymous No.12307907]

>>12307810
The development of the liposuction process, so fat fucks like you can lose lard without actually exercising.

[Anonymous No.12307923]

>>12307810
Anon talks you about a country with history > you ask to name something happened in recent times

[Anonymous No.12307973]

>>12301979
TUNA NOODLE, MY FAVORITE!

[Anonymous No.12308010]

>>12307907
Amerifats btfo!

[Anonymous No.12308031]

>>12307539
Bwahahahahaha

[Anonymous No.12308089]

>>12307355
Or alternatively they just want to keep taking money from sodomites.

[Anonymous No.12308120]

>>12305419
Don't listen to him, though. He's rather delirious.

Northen Italy has ossobuco, Risotto alla milanese, pasta al pesto, brasato, and so much more stuff like it.

[Anonymous No.12308137]

>>12307810
Sped up the break-up of the Austo-Hunarian Empire.
Hosted the Gladio Headquarters.
Made so that post-Communist Albania didn't become Somalia in Europe.
Founding member of the EU.
One of the fathers of the atomic bomb was from there.
Commercial plastic (Giulio Natta!).
Second western nation to go to space.

[Anonymous No.12308197]

>>12307907
Can you back that up?

[Anonymous No.12308218]

>>12301977
Mantia’s spaghetti noodles

[Anonymous No.12308234]

>>12307810
Lamborghini and Ferrari.

Alpha Romeo and Ducati.

Sergio Leone and Ennio Morrocone.

Paolo Sorrentino.

[Anonymous No.12308239]

>>12308137
You forgot pussed out of two world wars.

[Anonymous No.12308247]

>>12301977
Only the ones that are not blatantly GMO and colon clogging - ones without enriched flour and no niacin, folic acid etc. which is government mandated law for pasta manufactured in USA. Try some imported better brands from Italy, you'll feel a difference instantly.

[Anonymous No.12308249]

>>12308234
What it that? What even is that?

[Anonymous No.12308287]

>>12308249
Cars and film directors. Paolo Sorrentino is just delightful. He made Youth, This is the Place, and The Beautiful Life.

[Anonymous No.12308288]

>>12308239
>Pussed out of two world wars.
In WWI? You're mixing Italy with Russia.

>B-but muh Triple alliance!
Literally an impossible proposition to keep up, Italy and Austria-Hungry had cold relationships ever since Italy had become an unitary state, and they joined Germany only because Bismarck was a political genius. Once Bismarck died, there was literally no common objective between Italy and Austria-Hungary. To think that Italy would've joined the Central Powers, instead of joining the Entente or stay neutral but with concessions is being ignorant of historical context.

[Anonymous No.12308293]

>>12308287
Sorry, This Must Be the Place.

[Anonymous No.12308299]

>>12302024
That's the Asian kind you dolt.

[Anonymous No.12308874]

>>12307810
Invent Fascism.

[Anonymous No.12309053]

>>12301977
de cecco is the best.

[Anonymous No.12309281]

>>12307083
>walmart isn't a real grocery store
Yeah, that's not news to anyone.

[Anonymous No.12309575]

>>12309053
You misspelled Voiello, amico.

[Anonymous No.12309714]

>>12303565
shut the fuck up

[Anonymous No.12309781]

You best not be memeing, I've gone out and got a packet de cecco and a packet of rummo. Also what kind of supermarket doesn't have semolina every even below average suburban supermarket has it in Australia.

[Anonymous No.12310102]

>>12304299
He is more Italian than you will ever be.

[Anonymous No.12310111]

>>12307548
>>12307564
>>12308031

I wish you all but the best in the fight ahead.

[Anonymous No.12310138]

>>12307235
>His point is you don‘t make pasta out of it, drooling tard.

Wrong, you fucking idiot.

[Anonymous No.12310162]

>>12303534
i hope that old bat washes her hands before making that shit

[Anonymous No.12310193]

>>12308247
>ones without enriched flour and no niacin, folic acid etc. which is government mandated law for pasta manufactured in USA.
This.
I was astonished what kind of shit americans put in their "100% semolina durum wheat" pasta. So I guess from a burger perspective, Barilla is among the GOAT.
That said, as mountain neighbour to italy, I also use Barilla, because it's cheap and works for me. But I do agree that the textured ones take up sauces better, but I don't really see myself buying them on the regular. After all, it's also just some random wheat, so I don't really feel like paying triple on the daily, but feel free to change my mind!
What hows SPAR/despar/spar premium stuff compared to real italian stuff? They seem to have some decent things for good prices, and spar also operates in italy.
Any italian exclusives I should stock up on, when I'm in Trieste in two weeks?

[Anonymous No.12310203]

The best pasta brand is Holmes Made.

[Anonymous No.12310230]

>>12307083
I've never once seen a store that sells semolina flour, I'm forced to buy bags of couscous and grind them to turn them back into semolina flour. Alternatively you could just soak them for a day until it becomes like a mushy paste and use that with a bit of wheat flour.

[Anonymous No.12310232]

>>12310230

Semolina tastes like owl anus. I made pasta with it once. once.

[Anonymous No.12310294]

>>12310232
Now the question is:
Why on earth do you know how owls anus tastes?

[Anonymous No.12310889]

True answer:
If you're buying it from outside Europe or maybe even Italy it doesn't matter, it all comes down on the grain used for the flour, and pasta made with soft grain will always taste like it was cooked for 2 and a half hours
Also if you don't cook it properly don't bother trying to find the best

[Anonymous No.12310909]

>>12310193
>spar
Stop being poor.

[Anonymous No.12310972]

>>12303565
Neck yourself, turbofag.

[Anonymous No.12310986]

>>12310909
They are the most non-poor supermarket chain in Austria and a lot of their house brands are quite good. Just wondering if their italian stuff is any good, given that they're also operating in italy and italian brands besides Barilla and Kekko are hard to get.

[Anonymous No.12311036]

>>12301977
Rummo
Garofalo
Granoro dedicato

There are other smaller brands even better but they are difficult to get. These are very good and easy to find

[Anonymous No.12311064]

>>12310889
Do americans really take urine bathes in the store?

[Anonymous No.12311070]

>>12310889
But what if I'm buying Italian made pasta?

[Anonymous No.12311093]

>>12311036
That's a good looking pizza.

[Anonymous No.12311100]

>>12301979
BASED

[Anonymous No.12311109]

>>12309714
>>12310972
>NO INSULTA LA NONNA!!1

[Anonymous No.12311117]

>>12310986
>They are the most non-poor supermarket chain in Austria
Wrong.

[Anonymous No.12311133]

>>12311070
Then idk de cecco is pretty good I guess and Barilla is also nice even if I don't like them as a brand
There's no reason to get autistic about it
Also a 500g bag is like 50 cents so trying out different ones is definitely an option

[Anonymous No.12311146]

Just be bee yourself

[Anonymous No.12311149]

>>12301977
Barilla told faggots to fuck off

[Anonymous No.12311202]

>>12310889
imagine being a wagie who has to clea this oil slick up lmfao

[Anonymous No.12311207]

>>12311149
Things have changed.
https://money.cnn.com/2014/11/19/news/companies/barilla-lgbt/index.html

[Anonymous No.12311224]

>>12311207
big corps have this fake persona like they care about people/environment that they do for publicity and shit. no execs actually believe that crap, its all $$$ and thank fuck it is.

[Anonymous No.12311232]

>>12301977
Barilla is 2nd to home made.

[Anonymous No.12311249]

>>12311224
Doesn't matter.

[Anonymous No.12311356]

>>12311117
But MPreis is only a thing for Gsibergers and only now slowly creeping through the Inn and Salzach tributaries.
And Billa is just terrible.

[Anonymous No.12311366]

>>12310294

It was a dark time. I'm off owl anus. I have my 60 day chip. WHOOO!!

[Anonymous No.12311372]

>>12310909

The opposite of a spar is a sanction.

[Anonymous No.12311465]

>>12311093
Not a pizza my friend, it is a Crostone. Think of a big bruschetta.

[Anonymous No.12312462]

>>12301977
They're almost always the same thing, literally, down to the exact ingredient.

[Anonymous No.12312591]

>>12304295
>>>/pol/

[Anonymous No.12312717]

>>12312462
>spotted the uncultured swine

[Anonymous No.12312727]

Does pasta brand actually make a substantial difference or is it mostly marketing? Like, is there a massive difference between Great Value and some other brand that costs $1-2 more?

[Anonymous No.12312733]

>>12312727
yes.

[Anonymous No.12312738]

>>12304295
He probably expanded his business by doing this, btw. /pol/ only likes businesses when they shit on minorities though. When businesses support minorities they're suddenly sell-outs or coerced.

[Anonymous No.12312750]

>>12307295
>media shitstorm it generated
so globohomo media terrorism.