I don't have enough rigatoni. Should I mix in some elbows?

[chelsea0011]

[tk2kewl]

1. do you have enough elbows to just have elbows?

[chelsea0011]

7. No, I'm combining half empty boxes

[Chichiri]

2. only if you can lick them

[In_The_Wind]

3. check the cooking time of each

then proceed

[Momgonepostal]

14. Pasta purists say this should never be done, but I agree...

that if the cooking times are the same, go ahead. Even if one says cook 11 minutes and the other 7, I'd start the 11 minute ones then add the 7 after 4 minutes.

I've known Italians who wouldn't do this for ANYTHING but IMO, it's not worth another trip to the store.

[In_The_Wind]

20. normally I would only mix pastas with the same cooking time

but I opted not to make even one trip to the store today ... so if you say it works ... I remember that next time I have a little of one and not enough of another

[Momgonepostal]

26. I've done it before, but who am I?

If I were serving a dinner to guests, I'd probably cook them separately and serve them in their own dish, but for just my own family I've mixed before and it works. It's not beautiful or artsy, but if you cook them for the time they are supposed to cook, it works out.

Julia Child might have had a problem with that but my standards are lower. :-)

[Cocoa]

4. wouldn't be kosher

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

6. Isn't there a passage in Deuteronomy?

about mixing pasta? I think you can get stoned for that.

You can at my house, anyway...

[chelsea0011]

11. That's why i ask. I view all as pasta, but my wife thinks I'm crazy.

[Cocoa]

16. everybody must get stoned

if the rigatoni lays down with the elbows.

[mr_hat]

5. Yes, but keep them separate when serving.

[Ninga]

8. wouldn't be prudent, nor Italian.

[Ninga]

12. Oh my, congratulations to me......600 posts!! Please send me

some little people jumping up and down. I don't know how to do that.

Thanks!

[chelsea0011]

15. Thanks. A milestone my stupid thread

[Ninga]

18. Thank you Feeney......Oh are you Irish??? If you are it figures

that you would think it was OK to mix the two different pastas....besides.....Italians really stay away from elbows...unless they are being kissed.

[chelsea0011]

21. It shows that much. Tomorrow, I overcook some vegetables.

[Ninga]

22. Oh, I hope I didn't hurt your feelings.......just don't overcook the pasta

[chelsea0011]

23. Oh no way. Not at all.

[motely36]

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[Champion Jack]

9. Knees and ankles would be better

[CitrusLib]

10. Knees and toes. Knees and toes.

[MrMonk]

13. Cook them separately, and let everyone have their choice

You'll have the same amount and it will look like you worked twice as hard ... because you did.

[chelsea0011]

17. I've decided to mix rigatoni with penne regate. they look the same.

[RPM]

19. wrists & knees are good too

if you don't have enough elbows

[Spinzonner]

24. It is an Abomination

[EC]

25. I do it all the time

just make sure you cook the rigs about half way before you add the elbows or you'll end up with overdone elbows...

The only reason I do it is because I really, really hate shopping and refuse to go to store if low on one thing and not the other....