What is the pasta shape you dislike the most?
What is the pasta shape you dislike the most?
Mine is orzo. It's slippery and it should grow a spine and be either pasta or rice but not both.
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I'm ashamed (as an Italian) to discover only now thanks to this post that "orzo" can be a pasta format and not just another cereal (it also means "barley"). I always heard the term "risoni" for it but "orzo" apparently is used as well. And I agree, it sucks.
In case you did not know there is a cylindric variant too called "tempestina" which is even more awful (mainly used for soups, or for small children). It's uncommon to see grown adults eat them but, unfortunately, they exist.
I did not know this!
I've known the latter as just "pastina" and I agree with it being the worst.
But… the Convenient Format!
If it puts your mind at rest, I've only just heard about it now.