Pasta Brands: which one is the best

If I had to answer that question? Homemade, but not everyone makes homemade pasta.

So- we rely on others to bring out their brand of pastas. There's: Ronzoni, San Giorgio, Prince, Barilla...

   There's a lot, but who has the best?


First, let's start with Ronzoni pasta-which was created by New World Pasta. Ronzoni was known for having health conscious pastas, ones made of whole grain, or gluten free. Started out in 1881by Emmanuel Ronzoni. Later gained fame after he was succeed by his son.
    What do I think of this pasta? I don't eat it much, but it's ok.


  Colavia pasta. A pasta that has Italian tradition. Started around the hilltop villages of Sant'Elia a Pianisi, this pasta looks as if it was homemade for a reason. Never had it or tied it before, but it seems this pasta tries to be it's unique self by being packaged in a bag that you could see the pasta in.

 
 
  Barilla pasta....had it and it's ok. The history of it can be a little tricky at times. They started using cauliflower as another ingredient for people with gluten allergies, or trying to be health conscious. I am not that person. Barilla has some what of an Italian routes, making their pasta always al dente.


Other pastas don't have to be dry or in boxes, they can also come in cans.


One is...

Chef Boyardee. He is a real person from Italy. Moved to Ohio and started an Italian restaurant. But, people loved his sauce, they want it to bring it home. He decided to make his own spaghetti meal as well as the sauce that comes with it. Later, after his death, the tradition still lives on.


There is another dry pasta that I have heard of but never tasted it. Their vintage commercial is a memory for the eighties and nineties. Where a little boy is running home for dinner. Why? Because Wednesday, is prince spaghetti day. This pasta was also a part of Boston History on 92 Prince Street.


This pasta is the pasta I remember from my past, and remember to this day. San Giorgio pasta, which, also like Ronzoni and Prince is a part of New World Pasta. This pasta was created by Girolamo Guerrist. An immigrant who took over the Keystone Macaroni in Pennsylvania


For us....we'll pick any pasta, but with pasta sauce...we make our own. Not the jar sauces that some people like. Two of them in particular



   Ragu sauce is considered Italian made. I've tried it once and well....let's just say, LIES! They add too much sugar, and it had a bland taste.

   Prego thought the same thing as they compared their sauce to Ragu, saying theirs was thicker and it would stay on top of the pasta as Ragu would just run.




   What's your favorite? All I know is, even if it has carbs, pasta is great.

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His name was Gus,

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Even when I'm mad, 

I would see his smile, and soon feel glad.

He loved his chew toys,

He loved to bark when someone's upstairs,

It seemed he never wanted to be alone

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Is SNL still funny?

Seeing this show for almost 45 years.... I wonder think, is SNL still Funny? Did it lose it laughter along the way?

Well... I don't know, but I feel some skits on the show...well, not great.

I feel that, ever since Trump became president, they have been going more political. Don't get me wrong, the skits are somewhat funny, but every time Trump makes the news, they decide to make a skit out of it.

     Melissa McCarthy even portrayed Sean Spicer, and she is hilarious with her skits. Larry David even portrayed his cousin Bernie Sanders. He makes the skits great. But does it make it truly funny?

     I didn't start watching SNL till around the late nineties. Some of the skits were funny, but some of the people that were on it....well

  Some of them were hilarious, and some I will know for a long time.


   The funniest skits I've seen were the ones that involved Celebrity Jeopardy.

Darrel Hamond portrayed Sean Connery as Will Farell was Alex Trebek. They would mock and Sean Connery would make Alex Trebek upset. It was just funny how the categories like The Penis Mightier (The pen is mightirer) Le Tits Now (Let it snow) Swords (which was really 's' words) Norm MacDonald would portray Bert Reyonlds. I thought most of those skits cracked me up.


  Some of them were funny, Now, with both Darrel and Will gone, some of the skits became a little gross. Like people feeding food through their mouths or just saying gross stuff. But that doesn't happen a lot.

I guess it might depend on who is hosting. Some people who host, well they suck. Trump even hosted before becoming president. Now that skit has been banned for ever viewing.

Tom Hanks on the other hand.... He cracks me up with the skits he's doing. They even brought back Eddie Murphy around my birthday week around the holidays. He made the ratings higher than they ever were since mid 2000's.



Not all skits on SNL can be fumy, but if you have talented writers, good hosts, and a good guest stars on occasion, maybe you'll have a good show.

   But do I think SNL is funny now? I might have worn out its welcome, but sometimes, it can surprise us.

 Till then, enjoy SNL and remember, it all started with a few talented comedians.