If anything can really really comfort me, it has to be Pasta.The sublime pleasure of greedily digging into a hot bowl of spaghetti dripping with good ripe tomato sauce that nearly borders on being sweet, with just the hint of garlic coming through, flecked with green basil and parmesan shavings.Or just penne bathed in glorious creamy white sauce with succulent mushrooms.Or sheets of lasagna lathered with cream cheese and spinach and mushrooms with slabs of mozzarella. You take a loaded mouthful of this sumptuous stuff and you hit heaven!!!!
But looking at it at a closer perspecive, its just plain old Pasta made from semolina. And to think that pasta derives a lot of taste from its shape!!!! substitute a penne in arrabbiata with farfalle and I quite don't get the same taste.I can never imagine a bolognese with anything else other than spaghetti or tagliatelle.Pasta is all about shape.You have the same ingredient, you give it a different shape and presto!!!! it acquires a new taste!!!! funny ain't it?
This brings me to think of another thing 'Are people and pasta the same?'.I try to extend my argument, and I think it holds good.All people are the same stuff, just moulded into different shapes.The only factor that would disprove my hypothesis is that people tend to take on variations as they progress through life.They tend to add on frills and fancies to their initial mould.An extra bend there, a crease here.....Or they have moulds that are dented, thanks to the ups and downs in life's roller coaster ride, a couple of bumps, a tear here, a stitch there........I will blame it on Evolution of the self.However, you can always see through them all to discover their true shape.The only thing you need to possess is an observant eye to see if you can note their true self.Think of it as trying to separate all your pasta in your bowl from the sauce!!!!Let me try............hmmmmm well I know of a highly confused spaghetti-person, and a clean sheet lasagna-person.Oh! I do know of a twisted fusilli-person as well... See that?????
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That is an awesome post, never knew pasta had so much to it. Yes its tastes awesome when you make them but never got my head around in this why I like the penne paste better than the star shaped ones.
Yes, may be shape and sizes do matter also. Long live the white and tomato sauce pastas.
well said & written...pasta or people, i like them in any shape & size...it is all in the mind set....you ofcourse i luv but yet to taste your hand made pasta...remember you were supposed to make it 4 us...ha!...missed it...thought i was the only writer in the family...gr8 to note one in you too...chitti
Rachi- Iam really enjoying the different facets of my dear daughter.The writer in you is emerging....keep writing.Pasta tastes good only when you put in the masalas-so ppl are insipid without their traits!!! right???
I HATE ITALIAN!!! Period.
wow!!! Thank you all for such wonderful comments.. I am so elated :)hmmm hmmmm I hope you guys are not doing it for 'because it is her first blog' sympathy..jk..well its really very inspiring for me to read all your views and this has given me the motivation to think about my next post!!! (this is my indirect way of saying - I am having another post tomorrow, pls give good comments on that as well ;))...and for the people who HATE ITALIAN all I can say is that they have missed out way too much in life.Should I say PERIOD????nah.
good post rashmi... i like d idea behind d comparison... :)
well the only thing i disapprove of is tat only being observant is not helpful to discover a person... sum1 may not be what he or she portrays or behaves to be...behaviour can be artificial.. at this point of time i fail to recollect a classic example of how its not necessary tat wat u see is tru...newayz, sorry for extra gyaan... :D
This brings me to think of another thing 'Are people and pasta the same?' (SATC jingle now)
After you hammered that image of you being a wannabe CB from SATC..I'm sniffing out the clues here!
:-)
But hey - absolutely an interesting read. To think that pasta and people have deeper meaning.
...although I'm looking forward to you responding to your Dad - I'd honestly like to see what you do with pullisery and crushed papadam..
Damn. I'm hungry now.
Very apt name for YOUR BLOG... jk .. on the pasta issue.. interesting perspective.. so which shape am I?
Hey thanks Ashik. But I knew I should not have told u about CB!!!I guess its the impact of watching SATC every night(even if it is repeat!!).Hmmm as for the pulisheri and pappadam - look out for it.. Its coming soon :)
Hey Suchit Poda.. u have added another dimension to it as well..notable, I would say..lol.
Thanks for the extra stuff.
Dear Rash,your presentation of Pasta and human beings is superb.Even though our favourites are idli-wada,elai-adhai pradhaman, semiya payasam with full size cashew-nut & big size dried grapes.We enjoy not only your cooking but also your writing.You are superb in your creativity. Keep it up and waiting for the next writing
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