Regionalisms, New York vs. Chicago - Re: Death by Chocolate

[Grant Barrett]

On 1/7/02 14:29, "James McIntosh" <jemcinto at IDIRECT.CA> wrote:

> People in New York refer to "penne" and "penne rigate" ("penne", with
> ridges), yet do not think of this as a regionalism.
>
> People in Chicago refer to "mostaccioli", (spelling uncertain), yet do not
> think of this as a regionalism.
>
> They are the same thing.
>
> In a boundary region between the two, you can sometimes see in groceries and
> supermarkets packages of pasta labelled as both "penne" and "mostaccioli".

While it may be true the penne and mostaccioli (which is the correct
spelling, as far as I can tell), are often the same thing, the *dish*
mostaccioli (pronounced something like /musk- at -choe-lee/ in St. Louis), is
not necessarily made with penne/mostaccioli. This picture illustrates the
way I have often seen it (it's very akin to lasagna, but without as much
cheese and with tubular rather than flat noodles):

http://www.bathroommess.com/012301/most.htm

This page calls them "stovepipe noodles":

http://grazis.micronpcweb.com/page3.html