On Noodles
My favorite meal is one that has noodles in the dish. There are a bazillion different kinds of noodles I like. My dad seems to stay away from long noodles because he says "they are messy and should not be slurped up". I disagree with my dad's idea, and whenever I go food shopping with him, I'll usually grab some long noodles like angel hair, linguini, and or traditional long noodles. My favorite type of noodles would have to be linguini noodles because they fulfill every criteria on my list of what noodles should be; they're flat, long, and tasty when cooked right. I kind of wish my parents would make homemade noodles, like what you see on the Food-Network channel.
I eat noodles just about every morning for breakfast. My favorite meal of all time, with noodles, is my dad's creation of a tomato and artichoke based sauce, with salmon or tilapia. My dad is a great cook. I enjoy just about every meal he makes, especially when he creates a meal of his own. The dish consists of any type of noodles, preferably bow tie, penne, or long noodles, and a tomato based sauce. The sauce he makes is out of this world and very simplistic. The sauce consists of air loom tomatoes, white wine, capers, red bell peppers, butter, artichokes, and some salt and pepper. It all goes into a sauté pan an simmers for about 20-30 minutes. Oh and the noodles; they are thrown into a nice hot boiling pot of water with a dash of kosher salt. I usually cook the noodles for about 8 minutes because any time over the 8 minutes will result in over cooked noodles. Over cooked noodles are like my pet peeve, I despise over cooked noodles because they become to mushy and pasty.
I can remember when I was in elementary my dad would make spaghetti on some nights. I always enjoyed these nights because my mom would make me eat with my shirt off so I don't get my shirt dirty, stained with marinara. I'd take my shirt off and purposely make a mess by dragging the noodles drenched in marinara along my chest. I guess that it was cool because after making the mess, I'd have to take a bath and I loved taking bathes. Noodles and I go way back. I just can't get enough of the many different noodles there are. My goal is to taste every kind of noodle dish their are in the world.
