I Strangled a Priest Last Night

[livius drusus]

I went to dinner at a fabulous little Italian restaurant and had "strozzapreti" with sweet sausage. Strozza = strangle. Preti = priests.

They're these long ribbons of pasta lightly twisted by hand to give them a really different, uneven texture. Great mouth feel and great design for sauce absorption with a long pasta.

I'd had them before as a kid a hundred years ago, but it's the first time I've seen them in the States. :vibes:

http://www.ilpastaio.it/var/ilpastaio/storage/images/ricette/strozzapreti/613-3-ita-IT/strozzapreti.jpg

[Ensign Steve]

I flogged a bishop last night.

[livius drusus]

Before or after you capped the cardinal?

[Ensign Steve]

:lol: I haven't heard that one.

[livius drusus]

That's because I just made it! Aren't I ever so clever? :biggrin:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

I banged the pope, but hey...

Looks scrumptious! :hungry:

[wei yau]

Oooh, authentic Italian cuisine.

Olive Garden?

[livius drusus]

Blasphemy won't erase the shame of your last poker hand, chinky.

[Ensign Steve]

Besides, it was so obviously The Old Spaghetti Factory.

[livius drusus]

HATE.

[Smilin]

no offense to liv or anything..

But I "choked the chicken" last night..FWIW... :D

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Whatever happened to Mazzio's? Now there was some good, genuine Italian cuisine...

[Ari]

You are saying you strangled down a priest but at least it had good mouth feel?

[Cynical-Chick]

It's clearly Macaroni Grill, fuckers.

Uthie, baby, we know you banged the Pope, and probably 4 or 5 cardinals, you whore.

[wei yau]

In all seriousness, this type of pasta looks very interesting. I love learning about different types of pasta. Most of my experience, until recently, has been limited to spaghetti, linguini, fetuccine and elbow macaroni. And to be honest, I never gave much thought to how different shapes of pasta dramatically affect how a dish is experienced.

This enjoyment goes beyond just how the dish tastes, but even how it looks and how its named. For example, I love orechiette, which (if I'm not mistaken) is named like "little ears" or something. That's just too cool.

[Dingfod]

Shouldn't the thread title have been "I ate a strangled priest last night."?

[livius drusus]

Not quite. Strozzapreti is actually the word for the tool one uses to perform the act, not a description of the act itself. So technically the title should have been "I ate a priest-strangler last night" but it really doesn't flow as well as the one I chose.

[livius drusus]

In all seriousness, this type of pasta looks very interesting. I love learning about different types of pasta. Most of my experience, until recently, has been limited to spaghetti, linguini, fetuccine and elbow macaroni. And to be honest, I never gave much thought to how different shapes of pasta dramatically affect how a dish is experienced.
It's a fascinating field of study, really. I'm especially interested in the endless variety of shapes that can be achieved with fresh pasta. Dried pasta probably gives you more intricate options because they have fancy machines to make it, but the fresh stuff is much more challenging to manipulate.

This enjoyment goes beyond just how the dish tastes, but even how it looks and how its named. For example, I love orechiette, which (if I'm not mistaken) is named like "little ears" or something. That's just too cool.
Totally. :yup:

[Legs]

liv, what was the sauce on your strangled priest pasta?

[livius drusus]

It was a tomato sauce with homemade sweet Italian sausage and fresh parsley. Totally dreamy.

[Legs]

Sounds delish :hungry:

[wei yau]

I wonder why a priest-strangler? I mean, is there a generic non-denominational "strozza"?

Is the difference related to how tightly wound the twists are or in which direction?

[Watser?]

Sounds yummy, liv :yum:

[Garnet]

:hungry:

[livius drusus]

I wonder why a priest-strangler? I mean, is there a generic non-denominational "strozza"?

Is the difference related to how tightly wound the twists are or in which direction?
Naw, they're all strozzapreti. There are lots of different stories about how they got their name. I think it's probably just a bit of leftover anti-clerical sentiment from the former Papal states, as in "eat this and die, priest."

[Legs]

I don't care how it got it's name and I'm totally down with strangling priests. :nod:

[wei yau]

Well, if I ever work up the nerve to make fresh pasta and maybe even this kind, I'll name it "strozza-every-frickin-customer-software-engineer-production-facility-I've ever had to work with-and-that-sonofabitch-Crumb-etti"

[livius drusus]

Marketing genius, that is.

[viscousmemories]

Looks yum.

[Veritas]

Has anyone made a 'bashing the bishop' joke yet?

My ex-boyfriend used to dress up as a priest. Fuck knows how he acquired a cassock but Jebus, he was good in bed.

[livius drusus]

Has anyone made a 'bashing the bishop' joke yet?

Yeah. Like 4 people.

[Veritas]

Veritas = always late to the party.

[Crumb]

Well, if I ever work up the nerve to make fresh pasta and maybe even this kind, I'll name it "strozza-every-frickin-customer-software-engineer-production-facility-I've ever had to work with-and-that-sonofabitch-Crumb-etti"
:offended:

[wei yau]

:cheerhug: