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The Pasta Salad Manifesto

Health & Wellness (tags: diet, food )

Michael
- 94 days ago - slate.com

When it comes to pasta, Americans look to Italy for approbation, but cold noodles are not particularly popular there. Food corporations like Kraft churn out pasta-salad mixes that seem to be marketing gambits for processed meat brands.

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Joycey B. (510)

Friday July 4, 2008, 3:18 pm
I love pasta. Not Kraft mixes though. Homemade is the best. Thanks Michael.

Just Carole (327)

Friday July 4, 2008, 8:28 pm

At first, I'd have said it was the "California" in me that made me love cold pasta salad. But, in actuality, I think it started with my mother's macaroni salad. (Yummmmmmmmm, green peppers, scallions, sweet mustard/mayonnaise sauce.)

A "pasta freak" likes it cold, hot, lukewarm . . . mayonnaise, clam sauce, vinagrette.

Thanks, Michael. (Now, I gotta dash to the store! LOL

Esther S. (19)

Saturday July 5, 2008, 1:18 pm
I disagree with a lot of what was written on that web page. I use elbow macaroni. I do add a little bit of mayonnaise to it and a lot of uncooked broccoli crowns (cut up into small pieces). When I put the serving into a salad dish and it is about to be eaten, I add a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar over it. It is delicious!