Tri-colored pasta is disgusting. And yet, I always end up buying it, for one shameful reason:
It’s bright and pretty.
This is a problem because:
a) It loses its luster once you boil it. What was once bright and pretty on the grocery store shelf almost instantaneously becomes dull and mushy.
b) It tastes awful. “Tomato” and “spinach” may sound appealing, but they aren’t, at least when processed into radiatore.
c) Cooked, it looks like The World’s Grossest Food (pasta salad).
But I guarantee I’ll buy some more the next time I go grocery shopping.
Yuck.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Jess // May 20, 2008 at 7:01 pm
This made me laugh! Not only for the humor but also because I have the exact same problem! Pretty it may be but it sure is gross.
2 TimsHead // May 20, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Actually, I think it looks pretty. Sort of like that wax food used in ad shoots or still-life drawings.
I think most pictures of my hairstyles and fashion (or whatever it was) from college could also fall under the seemed like a good idea file.
3 boo // May 20, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I have been guilty of the same and I agree with your assessment of the noodles, but when at the staff potluck if it doesn’t have mayo, it’s nearly safe.
Maybe if we stopped calling it the “Potluck of Dismay” the food would be better. Nah.
Hey, you have some dark olives in there. That’s nice.
4 mydogischelsea // May 20, 2008 at 8:37 pm
^ Oh, I didn’t make that pasta salad. It’s just a photo I found on the good ol’ interweb. Actually, as far as pasta salads go, that one looks semi-decent. But I’ve been fooled by enough pretty pasta salads to know that it’s probably not.
5 Michael5000 // May 21, 2008 at 6:52 am
Tastes awful? It pretty much just tastes like pasta, to me….
6 MAXIMABELLA // May 21, 2008 at 9:49 am
are u kidding me? i love that shit, and I love pasta salad, props
7 Megan // May 21, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I am glad I am not the only one that falls for this tri colored trick almost every time! When will we learn????
8 Lena // May 22, 2008 at 8:32 am
I never buy it but when it is presented to me I STILL pick around the red and green pieces like I’m five. Same with multi-colored tortilla chips.
9 malahat sunset // May 23, 2008 at 7:40 pm
So forget about the tri-colored stuff and go for whole-wheat pasta primavera. The whole grains are good for the digestive system, and you get all those pretty colors from the veggies.
10 Karin Leak // May 23, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Really? I love that stuff, yet strangley, I rarely buy it. Linguini and fettucini always call my name much more loudly.
11 Kathryn // May 25, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I hate pasta salad – it just seems so very wrong
and I agree about the coloured stuff – yuck
12 Hugo // Jul 15, 2008 at 10:58 am
Most of the whole wheat pastas I’ve purchased do a great job of coloring the water I boil them in. Pasta hits the plate with almost the same lifeless color as regular pasta. Squid ink pasta, now that’s beautiful!
The only pasta salad I enjoy is a caprese pasta salad. YUM!