Ditalini mania
Remember how I lamented the inability to find ditalini? Well, I shall not want for them any longer. Upon hearing of my plight, my beloved great aunt Anne in Schenectady shipped off a care package containing seven boxes of the little guys. She also sent along some wisdom, advising various ditalini preparations:
- plain with butter
- in soup
- in salad
- can be cooked with peas and chick peas
- can also be used with greens and beans
All true, but I see a whole lot of pasta e fagioli in our future.
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Your aunt in Synecdoche is a saint, though I could have sent you some Golden Grain “Salad pasta” pretty easy.
There’s ditalini to be be found on the Peninsula . . . Whole Foods and Piazza’s both have ample supply. The shape that’s been a challenge for me to find is cavatappi. What gives with these shape-shifters?
I have found ditalini here in SF at Safeway, and like what cookiecrumb said, it’s called “Salad Macaroni.” Actually, now that I think about it, I got it at the Westlake Safeway in Daly City, but I’d be surprised if the SF stores didn’t carry it as well.
CC and Ariel: My mother actually sent a bag of “salad pasta” after the original post, and I’ve used that, too. Of course, tubetti are practically equivalent. I’m just being a pest.
Sharon: Good to know! I’ve just learned of Piazza this week. The Peninsula is still largely terra incognita for me, so I’m all ears to recos now that I work in RWC.
The Castro Safeway has had it too. I get it during the summer for cold salads. Very sweet of great aunt Anne though!
Isn’t this the same pasta that the kids make necklaces out of, too? 🙂
That’s hilarious, I had a problem finding ditalini as well! Eventually I found it in the pasta isle but there was only one box left and it looked like it had been placed there by accident. What an elusive pasta!
Ditalini is available at Whole Foods….
I saw Ditalini at Whole Foods today. Barilla brand.
I swear as god is my witness, they don’t have it at the Whole Foods in Potrero Hill. And I ain’t crossing the bay for it. 🙂
I recently moved from California to Texas, and I can’t find ditalina, which was called salad macarroni. Where can I find some