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Have You Seen This In Your Grocery?

14 years ago

I have not seen it yet at Meijer where I shop, but our daughter Cheryl found it and gave me a box, Barilla Cut Spaghetti. It will be great for our chili soup. It is little cut pieces of spaghetti, just the right size. I know Creamette makes a similar one but I have never found it in my store either. She found both at Marsh. Have you seen it? It comes in a pound box.

Sue

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patti43
14 years ago
No, I haven't. But I like the idea. I just break mine into pieces as I add it to the water. I'll look for it for sure.
lisa_fla
14 years ago
Not here. I wish the stores here had the Creamettes pasta though. I miss it.
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linda_in_iowa
14 years ago
I haven't been in the pasta aisle recently. I have a drawer in my kitchen that is just for pasta and it is quite full. Barilla pasta has a plant here in Ames. It is my favorite brand.
carla35
14 years ago
I think I saw some like a month ago...can't remember if it was the Barilla brand though. Couldn't think of a reason to buy it...but, you're right, would be good in a chili soup.
pammyfay
14 years ago
At first I thought "We can't break our own spaghetti?" But the more I thought about it, I realized it really is kind of hard! Even just breaking spaghetti in half doesn't really make it "even" sized. And you certainly can't cut out-of-the-box spaghetti in small pieces. (Or can you?)
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
14 years ago
I've been breaking my own spaghetti for years. Just pick up a few pieces at a time (like ten or so) and they'll snap easily. Start at one end and snap away until you have a pile of several small pieces. I make my own 'rice a roni' by browning a big handful of those little bits in some butter and adding it to my rice dish a few minutes before it has completed cooking. My shrimp and sausage version is to die for!
lydia1959
14 years ago
I haven't seen that, but recently found some 'Pasta Portions' which is pasta in a boil-able bag, single portions that cook in 3 minutes. Very convenient for a meal when my DH is out of town or working late!
neesie
14 years ago
Count me as one of the people that breaks the spaghetti themselves. It's not hard to do at all.
Marilyn Sue
Original Author
14 years ago
It doesn't cost any more than a box of the long spaghetti and they are nice even smallish pieces. These all have a small curve to them like elbow macaroni. I plan to buy some more and keep in my pantry. Does anyone remember when you could only buy macaroni in the long pieces like spaghetti and you had to break them yourself?

Sue
taigen_gw
14 years ago
Just break it!
User
14 years ago
It is hard to break up evenly. I like convenient things like that as I am not fond of cooking. Yes, it may seem trivial but it would be a nice luxury for me. I will look for it as is sounds great.
eileen101
14 years ago
We have that the Cut Spaghetti by Barilla in the Phoenix area for almost a year. I love it for certain things. It costs the same as regular spaghetti, but the pieces are evenly cut to about 1". Cooks really fast and is perfect for soups.
Eileen
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14 years ago
I use a lot of teeny tiny pastas in soups, some stores carry lots of different ones and some might not have any at all.

I rarely use regular spaghetti pasta anymore, I always use angel hair when need it, but I can see the benefit of small pieces. I would probably break my own, though, that way if I wanted long pieces, I'd have that too.

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