Look at the calendar! It’s national pasta day.
From classic spaghetti carbonara to those big, delicious conchiglie shells filled with foods like ricotta and spinach.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a penne person or a fettuccine fan, today is all about indulging in the worlds greatest comfort food.
The big question of the day seems to be, “What is the best pasta shape?” and why do people feel so passionately about such a small topic.
We asked members of the public in Bournemouth and the answers they gave varied massively, going round tallying peoples favourites was deemed the best method.
Ryan Hughes stood out with a unique choice of farfalle which was the pasta shape to receive one vote with the rest of the shapes all getting at least two votes.
The most popular choice stood out from the rest gaining seven votes out of a total thirty
This was in fact Penne pasta which is the classic shape amongst pasta enjoyers.
There are over six hundred different types of pasta and the list is still growing as people become more creative and learn how to reinvent the once simple food.
The second most popular pasta shape was least expected with rigatoni which has similar qualities to penne but being a larger variant and holding more sauce and flavour within the shape.
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