CLEVELAND — October 17 has been dubbed National Pasta Day, and we're not mad about it.
Pasta is a classic dish that can be fast and easy if you're cooking up store-bought options, but it can also be a time-consuming affair if you're making your noodles from scratch.
If you want to go out to eat today, there's lots of options to get a deal:
- Macaroni Grill: First responders including police officers, firefighters, EMTs, emergency service personnel, paramedics and all hospital medical staff with a valid ID) can enjoy a free ricotta spaghetti and meatballs throughout all of October.
- Maggiano’s: get $10 by signing up with your email
- Spaghetti Warehouse: Join the Warehouse Club to get a free appetizer with entree
- Olive Garden: For a limited time through November 24, the $10.99 never-ending pasta bowl is back
- Applebee’s: New pasta and grill combinations are priced at $9.99
- Buca di Beppo: Dine-in customers can get the “4 eat for $40” deal, including four meals of garlic bread, salad, and pasta
- Carrabba’s: Get a $10 take-home deal when you buy an entree and mention the offer.
Whether you're eating in or out, people tend to have strong opinions on which noodle shape is the best.
According to kitchengadgetreview.com, the top 10 list looks like this:
- Spaghetti
- Fettuccine
- Angel hair pasta
- Macaroni
- Fusilli
- Bow ties (Farfalle)
- Penne
- Ziti
- Linguine
- Lasagne
Here's a fun pasta fact: Fusilli is often confused with another pasta shape, called rotini, but the two are actually very different.
Fusilli is made of a single strand of pasta twisted into a spring-like shape, kind of like when you run the sharp blade of scissors along a piece of ribbon and it curls up.
Rotini, however, is a flat pasta that's twisted into a spiral shape. (Basically, it's thicker.)
Which is your favorite pasta shape? Tweet us and let us know using #3lunchbreak.