*Basta Pasta
Today's constructor is Dr. Ed Sessa. I had the privilege of reviewing his last outing on December 15, 2022, and this marks his 139th appearance here. Today he carefully selects six types of Italian pastas and pairs them with the professionals most likely to choose them. And from the plethora of pasta shapes from which Dr. Ed could have chosen, the absence of this one will delight some ...
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| Anelli |
Plus there are no asterisks (*), obscure P&P, or reveal to spoil your solving fun! So let's dig in ...
Here are the themers with only the PRO TIPS highlighted. Recipes are no extra charge ...
18A. Dentist's pasta choice?: CAPELLINI. But before you have a CAP put on you have to see an Endodontist who might prefer CANALONI. But I'm sure they'll both prefer their pasta Al Dente. Capellini originated in Northern Italy ...
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| Capellini |
24A. Jeweler's pasta choice?: GEMELLI. From the southern Italian region of Puglia ...
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| Gemelli w/Garlic and Cream |
31A. Lawyer's pasta choice?: TORTELLI. CSOs to Jason and Susan. AKA TORTELLINI, this pasta is from Tuscany .
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| Tuscan Tortellini w/Spinach and Sausage |
46A. Trucker's pasta choice?: RIGATONI. Here's a pasta made for long hauls. Originally from South/Central Italy, it has a tubular shape without the slanted ends you see in PENNE pasta.
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| Vodka Rigatoni |
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| Fusilli w/butter and sliced veggies |
58A. Nail technician's pasta choice?: MANICOTTI. MANICOTTI pasta are large, tubular shells, traditionally stuffed with a cheese mixture and baked in a tomato sauce. They're rumored to be one of Lucina's favorites!
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| Manicotti (also one of Teri's favorites) |
Here's the grid ...
Across:
1. Basic bags: SACKS.
6. Place for a marshmallow roast: CAMP. I think Dr. Ed has thrown in the perfect dessert for your pasta dinner ...
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| Smores |
10. Response to a shock: GASP.
14. Pay for: TREAT.
15. Bow-toting deity: AMOR. Constructors seem to prefer EROS. Both have a VTCR of 50% but the latter can also perp plurals.
16. Eclectic assortment: OLIO. Like the typical crossword puzzle.
17. Main artery: AORTA.
18. [Theme clue]
20. Intel-gathering gp.: NSA. No comment.
21. Malarkey: ROT. ROT is defined as "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense, e.g.
I won't stand here and listen to such rot". Malarkey comes in as number 11 in this list of synonyms for ROT.
23. Tater: SPUD.
24. [Theme clue]
26. Cheesy bagel choice: ASIAGO. This would also make a good bread choice with your pasta dinner.
30. Picked out, in a way: IDED.
31. [Theme clue]
33. Advice for the easily distracted: FOCUS. Doesn't seem to work for me.
35. Smoke, say: CURE. Smoking
is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food by
exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often
wood. Meat, fish, and lapsang souchong tea are often smoked. It
could also be used as an implosive therapy for curing the nicotine habit
(i.e. chain smoking until you're sick of it), but nothing works like
cold turkey.
36. Kal __ pet food: KAN. The origin of the brand name KAL KAN
seems shrouded in mystery. They've been around under one owner or
another since 1936. For those with esoteric tastes in pet food names, here's their history.
37. Go on the __: LAM.
38. Devices that coat roads during snowstorms: SALTERS. It turns out there is more than one way to SALT a road: winter road treatment methods explained.
41. Genesis craft: ARK. In the Biblical story of Noah in Genesis the ARK
is a safe space to save pairs of all of the animal species in the world
(and presumably the plants as well!), while riding out the flood that
God sends to destroy the Earth (Gen. 6:9-9:17). Not only did they survive, but the word ARK itself survived to symbolize a place of refuge or sanctuary. The ARK of the Covenant sheltered the Torah (the Books of Moses) (Ex. 25:10-22; 37:1-9), This ARK in turn was sheltered in the "Tent of Meeting" known as the TABERNACLE (Ex. 25-3l). The term Tabernacle survives in Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican churches as the place reserved for the Eucharist (consecrated communion hosts) safe within the Sanctuary.
Interestingly, the exact specifications for building Noah's ARK, the ARK of the Covenant, and the Jewish Tabernacle are all provided in the Bible references above. The Mennonites have used these plans to produce an exact replica of the Tabernacle in Lancaster, PA,
which is worth a visit if you're in the area. An even more
enterprising group has constructed a full scale replica of Noah's Ark in
Williamstown, KY.
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| Ark Encounter Museum |
42. NCAA football powerhouse: OSU. Ohio State University aka The Buckeyes.
43. Girl: LASS.
44. Folk artist Grandma __: MOSES. Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), or Grandma MOSES, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. As the preceding Wiki article said, some of her winter scenes remind me of the great Peter Bruegel the Elder. Here is a selection of her paintings.
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| Grandma Moses | |
49. Blue ox of folklore: BABE. BABE was Paul Bunyan's ox. This is often referred to as a TALL TALE, but I think it was just because Paul was very tall. A CSO to C.C. and CanadianEh!
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| Paul and Babe |
51. [Theme clue]
54. Target of a new czar in New York City: RATS. I read somewhere that he's going to insist that all trash be put out in metal trash cans, not plastic bags. Novel idea.
56. Flue residue: ASH.
57. Point value of "five" in Scrabble: TEN. Here are the tiles. You do the math ...
62. Open, as a computer file: UNZIP. Not just any computer file, but a ZIP file.
64. Actor Idris: ELBA. He wouldn't have been Napoleon's favorite actor. But ELBA got some idea about what Napoleon had experienced on the island of Elba when he portrayed Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and was exiled for life to the prison on the island of Robben off the South Africa coast NW of Cape Town ...
Here are the key steps that led to the end of apartheid and Nelson Mandela's eventual release.
65. Precious: DEAR.
66. Shard: PIECE.
67. Get well: HEAL.
68. Nashville's Grand Ole __: OPRY. Here's the Saturday night cast with Will The Circle be Unbroken (background and lyrics)
My Father used to sing that song.
69. Wrap brand: SARAN.
Down:
1. Classic Ford, familiarly: STANG. TBIRD didn't perp.
2. Came up: AROSE.
3. Coffee drinker's collection, perhaps: CERAMIC MUGS. The word MUG is thought to derive originally from MUGG, a Scandinavian word for a drinking vessel. In the 18th and 19th centuries, mugs produced in Staffordshire, England were often decorated with caricatures on the face of ceramic jugs (more likely used for drinking ALE). This may have led to the use of "mug" as a synonym for an ugly face and thence to the term "mug shot". Here is a typical 19th Century MUG, alias a TOBY JUG. Looks SUSPICIOUS doesn't he?
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| Ceramic Mugs |
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| Kat Dennings |
6. Nopales, in Mexican cooking: CACTI. AKA "Cactus Paddles" and another CSO to Lucina. Here's a recipe ...
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| Nopales Salad |
7. Revealing session on Reddit, for short: AMA. E.g., "Is the abbreviation for Ask Me Anything crosswordese?"
8. Swabbing tools: MOPS.
9. Tax form expert: PREPARER. Whoops, wrong clue! ...
10. Actress Hawn: GOLDIE. GOLDIE really is just a DUMB BLOND, but here she's working with one the best straight men in the business who makes her look like a SMART BLOND ... 😉😉😉
11. "Aladdin" prince: ALI.
12. Transgression: SIN. There are seven deadly sins, although they are not all actually mentioned together in the Bible. Perhaps they're considered deadly because those who commit them might slide into more serious sins such as murder, theft, and adultery.
13. Hawaiian dish with a yogurtlike consistency: POI.
19. One of the deadly 12-Downs: LUST. Not all LUST is a SIN, but it can still bring you sorrow ...
22. On in years: OLD.
25. Student's email suffix: EDU.
27. Brand with a "spicy meatball" commercial: ALKA SELTZER. Here it is, fresh from the Commercial HOF ...
28. Harsh light: GLARE.
29. Pig sounds: OINKS.
31. Rwandan people: TUTSI. In 1994 just 100 days, government forces, militias and regular citizens carried out a genocide against the Tutsi social and ethnic minority population. An estimated 800,000 to one million Tutsi were killed, and mass sexual violence was committed against Tutsi women and girls by Hutu partisans. A Hutu hotel manager named Paul Rusesabagina is credited with saving some 1,200 Tutsi people during the genocide. The film Hotel Rwanda (2005) starring Don Cheadle tells the story ...
32. Loads in lodes: ORES.
33. Growing things: FLORA.
34. "Champagne Supernova" band: OASIS. OASIS was an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as the Rain, the group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll. Liam's older brother Noel later joined as a fifth member, finalising the group's core lineup. Here's their biggest hit, Wonderwall ...
35. Close-knit group: CLAN.
39. Tons on one's plate: A LOT TO DO.
40. Bad collisions: SMASH UPS. A horrible SMASH UP occurred in COLLISION, a British TV mini-series about a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one devastating moment. Amid the tangle of twisted metal and emotional turmoil wrought by the tragedy of a crash of a shocking scale, are the stories of the victims, and the impact of the accident on their lives. The crash opens a number of startling revelations as stories of everything from government cover-ups and smuggling, to embezzlement and murder start to unravel. The DI is played by Douglas Henshall, who you might recognize as Jimmy Pérez in the Shetland series ...
45. __-Wan Kenobi: OBI. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Within the original trilogy, Obi-Wan is a Jedi Master as a supporting character and is portrayed by English actor Alec Guinness.
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| Obi-Wan Kenobi |
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49. Freedom Riders transport: BUS. Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate BUSES into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.
51. Wand wielder: FAIRY. So those folks that frisk you at the airport are really just mythical creatures?
52. German camera: LEICA. Apparently they haven't been put out of business by cell phones.
53. Hard to erase: IN PEN. I don't solve crosswords IN PEN because it makes it hard to erase mistakes.
55. Each cha in cha-cha-cha: STEP. Here are the contestants at a cha-cha-cha competition in Austria showing us some serious STEPS ...
58. Tepid response: MEH. A MEHTA clue?
59. Strong beer: ALE.
60. Org. with Cavs and Mavs: NBA.
61. Road gunk: TAR.
63. Long of "The Best Man": NIA. NIA Talita Long (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress. Best known for her work in Black cinema, Long rose to prominence after starring in the film Boyz n the Hood (1991), and for her portrayal of Beullah "Lisa" Wilkes on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1991–1995).
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| Nia Long |
Bill
As always, thanks to Teri for proof reading, for her constructive criticism.
waseeley
* BASTA is Italian for "enough". If you're ever in Maryland and have a hankering for pasta and seafood, we recommend Basta Pasta, in Eldersburg, MD. We always have to take home a doggie bag with the leftovers.
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ReplyDeleteOnce there was a TUTSI boy,
Didn't like the taste of POI.
At luau CAMP
He was a damp
Blanket with his tummy noise!
They say that LUST is a cardinal SIN.
I think of lust as the fun I'm in!
When consensual
It's so sensual,
I love it when I take it for a spin!
{B, B.}
I didn’t find this puzzle too difficult. All the pastas were known to me except “gemelli.” I did wonder “salters” or “sanders” but the perps made that clear. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Bill, I take exception to your characterization of Goldie Hawn as a “dumb blonde.” Anyone who could navigate the star-crossed waters of Hollywood as well as she did in her long career is by no means “dumb.” Just because an actor plays a murderer in a few movies, does that make him (or her) an actual killer? I think not! Just my two cents.
ReplyDeleteAgree! No stereotyping in the corner please.
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ReplyDeleteIn Cheers Karla was previously married to Nick TORTELLI
We just had ALEC(Guinness) and ARARAT(Where Noah's ARK landed)
So, waseeley, fo you really think your son and his pals will tune in to a classical station? I'll bet they listen to Rush and similar ROT*
NPR was just discussing he Freedom BUSes yesterday(and the dogs and Billy clubs )
I always solve in PEN and 1. Try to check perps before inking in; and 2. Cleverly changing letters. Apparently a method of altering letters was actually published
I remembered NIA from previous clues
FIR, easiest since Monday but CAP(ELLINI) and CACTI were slow to perp
WC
* Just kidding Tony but tbh I couldn't understand a word she sang fln
Had a "strong start" with TOTES x TBIRD at 1A/1D.
ReplyDeleteThe clue on RATS perplexed me (especially since I misread it as "new car" at first). Now I know that a RAT CZAR is a thing. Someone use that in a themeless.
Yup, TBIRD/TOTES looked solid...until it didn't. In the opposite corner IN INK had to give way to IN PEN (still don't like that expression). CAPELLINI and GEMELLI needed perps; the other pasta types were familiar. I recently won a $25 gift card to Olive Garden. Dw and I plan to use it at lunch time today. OLIO was a CSO to our blogmistress. Do they eat NOPALES in Nogales? Fun outing, Dr. Ed. Very educational tour, Waseeley (and Teri).
ReplyDeleteARK : A few years back the Ark theme park in Tennessee was ironically damaged by...wait for it...rain.
Subgenius @4:13 AM Sorry about that SG. My tongue was planted FIRMLY in my cheek when I made that comment. I don't REALLY think Goldie is DUMB, in fact she's one of the SMARTEST, most brilliant comedians to ever trod the boards of Hollywood. To underscore that fact I just added two more winking smiley faces to my review. 😉😉😉
ReplyDeleteWC @5:06 AM Latest reports are that he's listening to Orioles games. The O's are pretty hot these days (although not yesterday).
ReplyDeletep.s. to WC WC @5:06 AM Actually he's more of a Beatles fan, but he does listen to classical music from time to time. Tuning the the radio to WBJC was more of an inside (the Corner) joke.
ReplyDeleteTook 8:38 today for me to go from A to Ziti....
ReplyDeleteYes! No circles, and no circle pasta.
Yes! I knew today's actress (Goldie).
Tutsi I've seen before, but didn't really know.
I had totes at first too. Have I ever told you what my friend D-O says about....
Go Buckeyes!
FIW, but had to erase OBI to accommodate FUSeLLI to manage it. None of the other theme occupational assets were misppeled, so how was I to know? Also erased eros for AMOR.
ReplyDeleteOSU a football powerhouse? That's so last century. If they ain't in the SEC, they ain't doodly-squat.
UNZIP and open are two different commands. I think some implementations make it look like one, like opening a ZIPped file by double-clicking on it.
GOLDIE is a good actress, but her daughter Kate Hudson is better, IMO.
Automobile SMASHUPS are more tolerable than bad rock MASHUPS.
In Bank of Bad Habits, Jimmy Buffett sings that the 8th deadly sin is "pizza." He changes it in concerts to reflect the guilty pleasure of whatever city he's in. (I've linked this tune several times, so I will show a little uncharacteristic restraint.)
FLN: -T, that keyboard looks awful. 'Course I don't touch-type. And mine was $13 with tax.
FLN: WC, If I ever get to northwest Ocala again, the pull of the Horse and Hound will keep me from trying Stirrups. Won't be staying north of Wildwood this coming winter, with most of my time in Winter Haven. Guess my Silver Springs / Ocala days are over, at least for a few years.
Thanks to Ed for another GEM. And thanks to Bill 'n' Teri for the fine tour, especially for the info on MUGS. I wonder how missing a score in cribbage became "MUGS?"
FIR, but had four missteps along the way. Threw down Tbird and totes right off and scratched my head after. Stang came to me after a while, and sacks with it. Also Eros instead of Amor, and sanders instead of salters. Took a while to suss the theme, but once I did everything just went right in, no problem.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning! What a fun challenge today!. Thanks, Ed Sessa!
ReplyDeleteTOTES & T-BIRD went in and came right back out when AORTA filled.
Unnerved & could not make any other connections on the NW so I hurried over and had more success down the east coast & across the south.
I loved the theme, but it took a while to remember all the pasta names and their fit to the clue was so fun!! I may never look at pasta names the same again!
Clever cluing throughout this puzzle. I had a couple of AHA moments when I finally tied the fill to the clues. Perps in action.
Only ESP was TUTSI.
Thanks, Bill & Teri for a terrific recap. I was blown away with the Starry Night clip and will revisit it and the others again later. GOLDIE was a hoot! She found her niche and entertained us all.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteI never met an Ed Sessa puzzle that I didn’t like and today’s is no exception. While this is a pretty basic theme, it struck me as one that would elicit a “Why didn’t I think of that?” reaction. The whole puzzle was a fun solve with no junk and no obscurities. I thought some of the cluing was far below Thursday difficulty levels, but there were also some tricky misdirections that added some spice. I went astray at Totes/Sacks and Eros/Amor but the only perp-required fill was Cacti. All of the pastas were known except for Gemelli and Tortelli. My favorite pasta is Angel Hair, AKA, Capellini.
Thanks, Dr. Ed, for an enjoyable solve and thanks, Bill, for your always educational and enlightening review. Thanks to Teri, also.
Catching Up Comments:
Sumdaze, I’m glad you liked A Man Called Otto as much as I did.
Jayce, congrats on Emilie’s upcoming theater appearance.
Lucina, happ to hear you’re almost back to your old self. (I’m not quite there yet, but feeling better.)
Have a great day.
Happy. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteMusings
ReplyDelete-Six, count ‘em, six gimmicks from Dr. Ed!
-GASP! My tee shot went in the hole!
-A lot of the SALT for those SALTERS comes from the Hutchison Salt Company which is 650’ under Hutchison, KS.
-At my school, Michaela has chosen the name ASH as for his transgender name
-Did anyone else own a ZIP drive back in the 90’s?
-Press ‘n Seal has replaced the harder to work with SARAN Wrap at our house
-Tax PREPARATION should take fifteen minutes and be submitted on a postcard
-Before cell phones, I had a Firestick CB AERIAL on my car
-Each cha-cha-cha was first a BEAT
-Ed, how is your relocation going after Hurricane Ian took your lovely Sanibel Island home?
ReplyDelete"Basic bags?", take off my glasses and look in the mirror. 🤓/😲.
Ed...all great pastabilities.. but what are TORTELLI? Large tortellini? Shoulda maybe clued Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone TORTELLI LeBec from "Cheers!" 😉. The picture of MANICOTTI (manica = "sleeve") looks more like lasagna(e)and what's wrong with anelli? (anello = "ring") a type of "pastina" used in soups. RIGTONI (Rigatoni = "ridges") GEMELLI ("twins") pasta look two twin tubes spiraling around each other
Always forget that "Reddit" answer, RATS!!...shoulda reposted my Renfield video again..."Thousands of rats! millions of rats".. he musta lived in NYC...
Is the Cha Cha a shorter version of the Cha Cha Cha.? 🕺💃
Our roof top 1950s AERIAL got us the only Utica station, one Syracuse station and some times a very snowy Albany station...speaking of 1950s TV and from yesterday's "Drag Queen" BOA I barely remember as a little kid laughing at "Uncle Miltie",The Milton Berle Show 5 million viewers, many kids like me, with no issues.
I recalled "bow-toting" Cupid, then Eros (which I filled till it didn't work) finally the lesser known Roman lover god AMOR. (Like Ares/Mars)....
At one time "smoking" was thought to CURE diseases.
Our town uses sanders but I hadda perp-switch to SALTERS by the "close-knit" CLAN of "Rwandan" TUTSI.
"Transgression"😔 sounds so much less serious than SIN! 👿
Books of psalms....SALTERS
Worker who gathers apples before they are peeled...PREPARER
Surreptitiously win a theater award....RIGATONI.
Candy or breath mint?....ASSERT
Have a great day. Hitting the 90s this week. ...
🎼"June is bustin' out all over"🎵
Thanks for the vignettes WAZ.
ReplyDeleteFun theme. I have cooked all these pastas but gemelli.
I am interested in the related Italian meaning of the pastas. These are approximations:
anelli/ rings, tortellini/ little pie, gemelli/twins (two braided strands of pasta),
canelloni/large reeds, rigatoni/ridged, fusilli/little spindles, manicotti/little sleeves, farfalle/ butterfly (also called bow tie), my least favorite, too doughy. I never cook it or order it. But butterfly is my unofficial totem, jewelry, clothing, birthday cakes, knickknacks, etc.
I taught a very bright five year old in Sunday School. He opined that the wolf would eat the deer. He worried about all the meat eaters. And could Noah carry enough food for all those animals? Could the ark hold two of EVERY species?
"The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them."
This verse also collided with his knowledge of animals.
In the 90's I was appalled at the genocide of the Tutsis.
Thank you for the revision on Dumb Blonde.
--ANG suggested STANG, but I never heard of it. A little knowledge, i.e. Mustang, coupled with a little imagination and tweaking often saves the day. I never heard of a little spoon in that sense earlier this week, but spooning came to mind, and a few perps and the reveal suggested little spoon
. It made sense.
Ed always makes sensible fair puzzles, completely devoid of pop culture. There are so many shapes of durum wheat and water it's impossible to know all of them. And for me, that's most of them. I FIR but CAPELLINI, GEMELLI, and TORTELLI were unknowns. And I live in Marrero, LA, which has the highest concentration of Sicilian people anywhere except Sicily. My neighbors names? Bertucci, Randazzo, Amenta, Bartolo, Gulizo, Capaci, Taravella, Dematteo, and Majoria. But there are very few Italian restaurant still around. Mandina's, Venezia's, and Gendusa's are the only ones that come to mind.
ReplyDeleteCACTI for Nopales was a WAG for that unknown.
OASIS and 'Champagne Supernova"= never heard of either.
SALTERS- no need for them around NOLA
OSU- filled SU and figured it was either the Tigers or the Buckeyes, who LOST to the Tigers when they last met.
The Czar of RATS for NYC is female, not a he. Kathleen Corradi. Good luck on that thankless job that will be impossible to do.
Lip-smacking good CW this morning. Once I caught on to the theme, it was a fun hunt for pasta. CAPELLINI and GEMELLI (that last one gave spell-check a fit) needed perps.
ReplyDeleteWaseely was a superb guide as usual.
Nice to see Irish Miss ☘️ posting this morning.
Speaking of TABERNACLE. French-speakers of Quebec use religious words as swear words, and TABERNACLE is a favorite.
CanadianEh!, whom we have not heard from recently, might corroborate.
Tante Nique...
ReplyDeleteMon dieu!, Sacré bleu! c'est vrai?
Yellowrocks , Genesis 7:1 The Lord then said to Noah, “... 2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female ..."
ReplyDeleteOne breeding pair, and 6 pairs for meat.
R-O @10:45. Mais oui!
ReplyDeleteThank you Waseely,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed all the links, they sent me down a couple of rabbit holes...
A few honorable mentions found while looking for silly pasta links. None really funny, but I thought they were cute...
exhibit A, pasta can be a cozy place...
exhibit B, it can bring people together...
exhibit C, it can be food for artistic endeavors?
I grew up watching Goldie Hawn on Laugh in, and I am sorry to say I avoided some of her better movie accomplishments thinking she would repeat that silliness. It was not until one day I was watching a movie on TV, not realizing it was Goldie. That's when I discovered what an amazing, versatile actress she is... for a fun romp, if it comes on TV, watch "Overboard." A story of a rich snob, (Goldie) who insults a handyman, (Kurt Russel) and falls overboard causing her to lose her memory. Kurt Russel sees her on the news, and as an act of revenge, pretends to be her husband, to get her to take care of his three kids...
a fun time was had by all...
A breath of fresh air from Dr. Ed. What a CW should be, IMO. Clues in common use, names that are NOT obscure, and enough crunch and misdirection for a pleasant workout. CERAMIC MUGS....I used to attract them in copious quantity. DW finally had to put her foot down. Now it's get a new one, "retire" an old one. Much more room in the kitchen cabinet now.
ReplyDeleteStory time...
ReplyDelete(If you are so inclined...)
I never order pasta when I go out to a restaurant!
Why pay an exorbitant price for something you can easily make at home?
That is, until last year, when daughter #1 and I went out, and I tasted her "Cacio y Pepe."
A simple dish, spaghetti, pepper, and Parmesan. It was "wonderful." Super creamy, and delicious!
Can you make it at home? Probably not a snowballs chance in hell...
It was my research into making this at home that made me aware of how difficult it is to pull off the recipe properly. And if you don't like this dish, it is probably because it was prepared badly.
If you want to learn why, and how, here is a rather lengthy video on the proper preparation technique. but as a special bonus, it also includes "a cheat" that restaurants use to make sure it comes out right every time!
MelissaB, from yesterday, how about BELOWPAR?
ReplyDeleteA delicious puzzle from Dr Ed. I am truly amazed that our esteemed editor did not include Pokemon Pasta. A real product. Thanks for the awesome review Waseely. kkFlorida
ReplyDeleteOKL, I am well acquainted with that verse since the primary grades. I am a PK.
ReplyDeleteMy major was Christian Ed. And I have taught Sunday School for 50 years throughout my lifetime. Here is not the place to debate the pros and cons of biblical literalism, despite a strong temptation to do so.
My point was that I thought it very perceptive that a five year old saw many practical questions.
As fo today, the pasta types don't just roll off my tongue so I had to think hard for some of them.
ReplyDeleteWorked from the bottom up after shotgunning all over the grid. Picked up speed when a couple theme answers filled. But, in the end FIW when I went with rOTTELLI. Picked up the switch from Eros to AMOR fill after preparer filled.
Nice recap, Bill.
Thank you, Ed Sessa, and thank you, Waseeley.
ReplyDeleteYet another hand up for totes/tbird.
No probs, except for spelling a couple of the pastas. Thank you, perps. I've watched enough Rachael Ray, Lidia and Mary Ann Esposito that I've probably heard of or have seen every kind of pasta. :>) Figuring out which ones were to be used today was fun.
Ray-O, I personally have no issues with Anelli, but some might because they would associate it with (yuck) Spaghetti-Os.
Waseeley, I fixed your URL to the Nopales Salad recipe.
FLN, Dash T - It was Jinx that commented about counting in base 8.
@12:16 PM Mercy buckets TTP. Teri does the proofreading. but she doesn't test the links, and as the saying goes "All remaining errors are mine".
DeleteSpaghetti-O's...👿 culturally a problem. Like .... the "spicey meatball" commercial. I remember the fuss in local quarters.
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ReplyDeleteAnyhoo...😁
I'm on vacation this week and next so I get to bug my cornerite pals more than usual as you can see
.... tryna do as little as possible. Ignore emails from work etc....."Sorry Honey, I'll do it later busy with the puzzle"
Speaking of bugs, animals and the Ark. My 2 shekels for what it's worth
The Ark's dimensions are given in Genesis so
It is calculated each animal would have≈2/10 of a foot of space considering there are currently at least 2 million species on earth but adding to that number the species that existed but have gone extinct since Noah's time. The logistics are hard to imagine.
Unless, it was their DNA that was stored...Aha! 🤨
I read an article a few years ago about this but can't find it now...was kyna interesting but still quite a s-t-r-e-t-c-h ....
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@12:39 Ray - O To riff on YR's phase re "Biblical literalism", it's doubtful that many new species had evolved between Genesis Chpt 1 when God created the plants and animals Chpt 6 when Noah launched his boat. 🤔
DeleteRay, I wish you would send a little June bustling over here. We've been stuck in a terrible weather pattern for a couple of weeks. A "cutoff low", a low that isn't under the influence of (or 'cut off from') the jetstream if I understand it correctly, has been meandering around the southeast coast for the last couple of weeks. It's brought temps in the 60s (highs and lows) and off-and-on rain, fog and drizle with very little sun. I feel like I've been whisked off to Seattle.
ReplyDeleteAfter solving the puzzle and reading today's recap, I have only a few things to say.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ed.
Thanks, Bill.
Go Blue.
ReplyDeleteThis was on the news this morning. Too funny. Almost forgot to post. A lady was walking her dog, and this happened:
Pub-loving Dog Refuses to Walk Past Without a Pint
Overthinking got me today when I changed my correct answer and wrote FUSeLLI to match the consistency of the other themers. I see only a couple of us fell into that trap. FIW.
ReplyDeleteI like Ed's puzzles and enjoyed today's. Thanks! And thanks waseeley and Teri for your excellent review, also enjoyable as well as informative. Your efforts are appreciated!
Jinx in Norfolk (Virginia right?).
ReplyDeleteAlways figured you had great weather there. Our late springs, summers and early autumns are perfect, but remember we had a hard frost just a couple weeks ago.
Oh, no. I just lost my post. And now it's time to go. I'll have to reprise it later. You all have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteI don't think being an 'ale' has anything to do with how strong or weak the beer is — just how it is fermented?
ReplyDeleteWaz
ReplyDelete....Not only the species that are now extinct but the estimated 500,000 species that are yet unknown but would have had to be on the big boat to currently survive. Every year biologists discover thousands of just new insect species that had to have existed then.(sans evil-ution)
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When you step back it's astounding how much life this struggling planet supports. Plus the "biota" (recent CW answer) we don't even know about yet
D-Otto , our old Anona-troll objected to my expression "Pen and ink ". If there's NAE ink there's NAE messy fun
ReplyDeleteThe old Boston Patriots had Gino Cappeletti A Split End he doubled as FG kicker
What did the Sauna manager call her pasta? SPAghetti
Jinx, Uncle Miltie was after our bedtime. Folks were still howling the next day. TV in its 'UTE
Blogger puts ads right over the poster name hence my WC. I echo "nice to see" IM
Jinx: Sacré bleu @5:13pm
CED, great links. I get gift certs for Olive Garden so that's my pasta goto
Anelli? Is that one of Big Easy's Nola peeps?
Want a restaurant pasta menu, check out Jayce post (late) fln
WC
It is amazing what a person can learn from hanging out at the Corner. Just today I realized that there is a Biblical origin for one of my favorite movie quotes: "You're gonna need a bigger boat!"
ReplyDeletePuzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR
As others said, TBIRD/STANG
Without giving away any [spoilers], let's just say that a couple of today's words will appear in tomorrow's puzzle
Had he not passed away 20 years ago, my father would have been 97 today. He shared the EXACT same birthday as Andy Griffith and Marilyn Monroe (day/month/year)
See y'all manana; Irish Miss, nice to have you back!
MalMan @ 1:08 --> my comments would read:
1. Thanks, Dr. Ed
2. Thanks, Bill and Teri
3. Geaux Tigers!(and/or, Hail to Pitt!)
PT's2:
ReplyDeleteHusker Gary @ 9:21 --> did you get a hole-in-one recently? I don't remember seeing it in one of your more recent posts ... if so, congratulations!
Our community resisted an Italian chain restaurant for the longest time as there were so many excellent local Mom & Pop joints.
ReplyDeleteBut to paraphrase the the New Testament (Matthew)
...and the Mayor saidith unto the people.."Which Italian chain restaurant chain shall I release to you?"
And they shouted "Give us CARRABBAS! ...Give us CARRABBAS!!"...
Actually it wasn't Carrabbas Italian Grill it was Olive Garden and it's filled with traitors, including on occasion me and DW. (And we can't even hide behind masks anymore.)
C'mon, endless breadsticks? Who wouldn't sell out for that. 😋
Carrabas!!! Good one, RayO Olive Garden? Chase Visa rewards has them
ReplyDeleteWC
Thanks to waseeley for bringing us today's Sessa PZL...
ReplyDeleteThe theme introduces us to several previously unknown pastas. I don't think we'll be going out of our way to try the new ones.
We rarely see AMOR. Like others I had EROS in mind, but held off till perps came through.
~ OMK
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DR: One diagonal, far side.
Its anagram (12 of 15) hits close to home.
For one of my birthdays years ago, my son sent me the deed to a plot of land in Scotland. About one square foot.
The deed explains I am now entitled to be addressed as "Lord." This is technically true, but I believe it amounts to...
"A TIN LORDSHIP"!
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of Carrabbas until today. It turns out there is one in Chicagoland.
Maggiano's is my preferred Italian American chain here for large gatherings. It's family style servings. Our local Olive Garden is okay, but it is a poor substitute for the many great Italian eateries to be found here.
As Irish Miss said, I never met an Ed Sessa puzzle I didn't like, and today's is no exception. I love love love the pasta gimmick. Hand up for TOTES/TBIRD, which AORTA got out of bed (debunked, haha.)
ReplyDeleteI am reminded of a comedy sketch in an old Italian TV show called Don Matteo, in which a man takes a woman on a first date to a (fake) "restaurant" owned by a buddy of his. The only item on the fake "menu" is tagliatelle. On their second date, the only available choice was again tagliatelle. The same on subsequent dates. It didn't take long for the woman to realize the "restaurant" was not actually a restaurant, but simply the buddy's home, which is the only thing the man could afford because he was broke; she shortly thereafter dumped him. Well, it was funny at the time.
I have been unable to do the math to arrive at a point value of "five" in Scrabble for the word TEN.
I learn so much from you, waseeley. Thanks again.
Good reading you all.
Ray - O @3:07 PM So your zealous Mayor sold out your town for 20 pieces of silver. But then "What is TOOTH?"
ReplyDeleteOMK @ 4:12 PM If your son had gotten you a plot in CORNWALL, the TIN might have actually been worth something. The county was (and may be again in the future) a major supplier of that metal, and LITHIUM as well, which for some reason has sky rocketed in value in recent years.
Actually 30 pieces of silver and "endless salad"...
Delete@4:36 PM Well you're still a TEN in my book Jayce. And I'm just a bit skeptical about your MATH difficulties. 😀
ReplyDeleteChairman, I'm just back in from 18. I have had two holes-in-one and one hole-in-one for a 3 because I hit the first tee shot way out of bounds.
ReplyDeleteHG - best hole-in-three I recall was Fred Couples at the Players; his first one was "wet", and unlike most others, he hit his third from the tee rather than the drop circle
DeleteI have three aces witnessed; a fourth was unwitnessed and hit as a mulligan of sorts, as I was by myself, and occasionally played two shots on each hole. That was one of those times ...
i will just say that Ed Sessa's puzzles are always a joy to solve so many thanks, Mr. Sessa and equally to the Chairman. Easy for a Thursday and finished very quickly.
ReplyDeleteLucy, I'm up mañana; todays blog was by waseeley
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteEven though it took a bit to glom on (first themer was MANI-COTTI, I loved it. Thanks for the delicious puzzle sans too much pop-culture, Ed.
Wonderful write-up, waseely. Thanks for all the recipes!
WO: Don't know why I spelled it OPRe
ESP: NIA
Fav: five is TEN was cute.
{B, A-}
Hand up for wanting T-BIRD | TOTES to start. Only STARLESS supported that thought.
WC - They're all guys in RUSH. Geddy just has a high voice.
OSU - looks like Youngest is leaning on becoming a Buckeye for her last two years before law. Cheaper school than the others she's been accepted at and cheaper cost of living in the Midwest. Anyone else carry a buckeye in their pocket Tom & Huck did? Pop's got a tree in his yard that supplies the whole family.
BigE - you're missing out re: TORTELLini. It's like a denser ravioli (both are stuffed with whatever) that you don't have to cut to eat. There's probably so few Italian restaurants because, unless it's really good, we prefer to make our own at home.
Even if not 100%, wonderful to see you back, IM
CED - the first time I tried to do alfredo sauce it turned into some kinda plastic compound. Method #2 made it SO much better.
TTP - thanks for the correct re: octal. There's a Maggiano's across the street from our office. Not bad and makes a for hardy lunch (with a second "take-home" pasta for later). I haven't been to an Olive Garden in over 30 years.
Jayce the word "five" on a scrabble-bord is 4 points (F)+1 pt(I) + 4pts(V) + 1pt (E) == 10 :-)
When the kids were younger and speaking to me about dinner, they'd call it RIGA-you and loved when I'd responded, RIGA-me?
Cheers, -T
Thank you, AnonT. Now I understand the “five” TEN concept.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long day and I only glanced through the comments but:
ReplyDeleteYep, Totes & T-bird
There are a few of us on the corner who drive RAViolis.
Good to read you again, Irish Miss!
Thanks, Dr. Ed & Waseeley!
ReplyDeleteI decided to lie down for a few minutes a little after supper. Five hours later... Musta been tired :>) Now I'm up with no place to go.
Anyway, I was re-reading through the comments, taking some of the links I'd skipped over during the day, and came across Anon at 12:37, who wrote, "Agree! No stereotyping in the corner please."
What was that in response to ? Italian stereotypes ?
I finally figured out that it was in response to SubG's disagreement that Goldie Hawn is a dumb blonde.
So here's the deal with Blogger comments:
1) Readers on smartphones have an option to reply directly to a comment, and it will be nested (or threaded, if you prefer) under the original comment. Any other smartphone readers of the blog comments will see the reply associated with the original comment.
2) Readers of the blog who are using desktops, laptops (and probably tablets as well) do not get an option to Reply. Also, these readers will see the comments in chronological order. No nesting, and a comment such as 12:37 appears to be standalone, in association with nothing. These readers are left to guess what the writer was referring to.
It's roughly a 50 50 relationship of desktop to mobile readers
So here's a tip, if you want to be understood and be clear to other readers:
If you want to respond to a particular comment, it's a good practice to address the original commenter either:
- by name, as in "Subgenius, I agree! No stereotyping...", or
- by timestamp, as in, "@4:13 AM "I agree! No stereotyping..."