Originally posted by brandeissansoo
Option 1 is supported by italian chefs, italians, and culturally educated people.

Option 2 "That's how they serve it in the Cafeteria"

I don't know about you, but in me and J-Lau's cafeteria, it was option 1. You either got a plate with no sauce, or you got a plate where the sauce amount was chosen for you, much like Communist Russia.

But I forget I'm dealing with a Californian here. I'm sure your cafeteria had clean walls, pristine China for your food, and, of course, midget waiters to serve your Commie sauce.

Oh, and for your pasta insolence, I'm gonna slap you around at the Massachusetts Throwdown.

Every time you try to tap, before I let go of the hold, I'm gonna ask you, "How does one cook pasta?"

Originally posted by Driscoll
Oh, and for your pasta insolence, I'm gonna slap you around at the Massachusetts Throwdown.


Ah, so the true nature of option 2 reveals itself.

First touting themselves "superior" to option1, now they resort to violence against those that have dissenting opinions. "Choice of the people" indeed.

If you support option 2, then you probably would have supported this option:
http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Content/Images/Journal/2003/Summer/Giants/NaziFlag.gif
If you believe in free speech and the right to have an opinon contrary to the "group", then you MUST vote for option 1, otherwise you're no better than the nazis.

Lets see...
Does Olive Garden come by and slap down noodles and toss you a bowl of sauce? No.
They cook thier pasta and mix in a little gravy on all of it. Even if it is the stuff that does not have a lot of tomato sauce.
Same with Fazollis.

Option 1 is supported by italian chefs, italians, and culturally educated people.

Option 2 "That's how they serve it in the Cafeteria"

So traditional is better? By that logic shouldnt you be training aikido?

Originally posted by Onecardshort
Pah - fear my carbanara strike - let me guess, you're such a kitchen wimp you buy pre-grated onions to prevent the tears at bedtime and you cook Italian with dried garlic granules :p

Sir you have bismirched my honor!!! DRIED GARLIC GRANULES!!!!:mad:

Sir I challenge you to spatulas as dusk!!!!


Yes, if you go into a restaraunt in italy they place the sauce on top of the pasta but they DO NOT MIX IT TOGETHER!

Thats not always true it depends on the sauce. Many do indeed mix them together. I go to Italy often and food is always top priority. Protifino's SPAGEHTTI DRACULA (with extra anchovies for me) is to die for.

No restaurant brings out plates of pasta and then brings out a big bowl (trough?) of sauce. Option 2 is totally incorrect, option 1 at least has a chance of being correct

Even at family style restraunts they do not do that.

Originally posted by manchuria
So traditional is better? By that logic shouldnt you be training aikido?

By your logic, you should be training at a mcdojo.

Anyway, option 1 has proved itself at many full contact cooking events at an international level.

Option 2 has never been seen.


Option 2 is the xing yi of pasta cooking

You might be wondering what exactly I meant by that last comment.

Option2ers fall into the following categories:
1) they are wrong
2) they won't admit when they're wrong
3) they make a huge thread out of nothing

Basically, if you support option 2, you're Djimbe

Option 1 all the way. But, then again, what does an asian person know about italian food?


QUESTION: How do you keep the noodles from clumping together after you drain it in option 2? Add butter? Olive oil? Keep some pasta water? I thought all we had was box pasta and Prego? (Prego is nasty BTW. Too sweet.)

I thought pasta sauce was a good lubricant?

Option 2 has no sauce before hitting the table

Option two is a straw pasta, I only declared I didnt support option 1.

Originally posted by brandeissansoo
Option 2 has no sauce before hitting the table

Going point. Olive oil maybe? :confused:

if we go by the situation mentioned in the question, no.