Comments on: Mario Batali on Saucing Pasta

By: raffe

raffe — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:55:19 +0000

To the people who bad-mouth Mario on this site, what you say is insignificant. You’re most likely overweight, from middle america and actually buy pasta sauce in a jar. Simply put, Mario is explaining the sauce to noodle ratio which emphasizes the delicate balance of flavors and textures defining Italian cooking. It’s concept that will most likely never be understood in america, especially below the mason-dixon line where the scales prove that the people there are definitely guilty of over-saucing everthing.

By: scott

scott — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:07:51 +0000

Ranch is fat people sauce.

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:36:42 +0000

Mario Batali is a god. Listen to this man, he is one of the best chefs in the world. I want to give him a hug.

By: thaddeus

thaddeus — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:58:27 +0000

why eat chips and salsa when you can eat chips and ranch? i’m not a big fan of chili’s ..but they have by far the best tortilla chip/ranch combo.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:39:09 +0000

I disagree joflow. Chips, while tasty, are a means to an end for eating good salsa. I don’t understand people who dip chips into the salsa only to pull out with just a coating of tomato juice. There’s chunks in the salsa for a reason, friend.

By: jamie a go go

jamie a go go — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:45:57 +0000

On the other side: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/dining/17mini.html

I like a lot of sauce all over the place!

By: shimpiphany

shimpiphany — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:31:46 +0000

he’s assuming, of course, that you’re starting with good pasta, and not bad dried pasta. that being said, there are plenty of good-quality dried pastas.

but listen to the guy to this extent: take the time to make fresh pasta, and then sauce it lightly. it is SO much better than crappy, dried, extruded pasta. i mean its a world of difference.

By: doyle

doyle — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:44:46 +0000

god forbid people eat the way they like pasta to be prepared

By: tec

tec — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:08:34 +0000

There are some sauces that I would be perfectly happy to just eat with a spoon.

I heart oversaucing.

By: pastaman

pastaman — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:53:13 +0000

Umm, it’s called an opinion.

I happen to like a lot of sauce, with lots of sausage or ground beef in it. Hell, I’ve been known to put chili on my pasta. The thinker, the better. And it’s damn good! So Mario can shut the hell up and go back to Italy while he’s at it. There’s nothing wrong with the sauce being a significant part of a meal.

By: joflow

joflow — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:01:46 +0000

Oversaucing is a serious problem. Ok maybe it’s not serious, but I do agree with the guy. A lot of people treat sauce like it IS food rather than just something that gives flavor to food, it bugs the shit out of me. Chips and salsa is another place where people overdo it. You’re supposed to be eating the chip, and just flavoring it some with salsa, not heaving nasty chunks of tomato and cilantro a mile high into your fat gob.

Sometimes I don’t realize how opinionated I am on something until I start actually writing it down. I’m going to stop before I spin out of control on a friggin’ sauce rant.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:59:24 +0000

he said ‘wheatness’

By: thaddeus

thaddeus — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:02:14 +0000

what a pompous ass.

By: webonics

webonics — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:11:41 +0000

I overdress…but made it for friends over the weekend and they loved it.