DELIGHTFUL DELICACY

Name	Description	Translation
Campanelle		Little bells
Capunti
Casarecce		From casereccio meaning homemade
Cavatelli		From the verb cavare meaning to hollow
Cencioni		Little rags
Conchiglie		Shells
Conchiglioni		Large shells
Corzetti
Creste di Galli		Cocks’ combs
Croxetti		Little crosses
Fantolioni		Pre-packaged pandas
Farfalle		Butterflies
Farfallone		Large butterfly
Fiorentine		Florentine
Fiori
		Olive leaf
Fusilli		From fusile, archaic/dialect form of fucile, meaning rifle. As the inside barrel of a gun is “rifled” using a similar screw-shaped device
Fusilli Bucati		Holed rifles
Gemelli		Twins
Gigli		Lilies
Gnocchi		From the Italian gnocco, meaning “a knot in wood”
Gramigna		Scutch-grass; more generically, “infesting weed”
Lanterne		Lantern holders
Lumache		From lumaca, meaning snail
Lumaconi		Large snails
Maltagliati		Badly cut
Mandala		Design based on compensating for overcooking
Marille		From mare, meaning “sea”
Orecchiette		Little ears
Pipe		Smoking pipes
Quadrefiore		Flower quadrants
Radiatore		Radiator
Ricciolini		From riccio, curly
Ricciutelle	Short spiraled pasta	From riccio, curly
Rotelle		Little wheels (from ruota-wheel)
Rotini
Spirali		Spirals
Spiralini		Little spirals
Strangolapreti		Priest-chokers or priest-stranglers
Torchio		Winepress
Trofie

Bucatini		Little holes
Calamarata		Squid (also known as “calamari”)
Calamaretti
Cannelloni		Big pipes or reeds
Cavatappi		Corkscrews; also known as Cellentani and Spirali
Cellentani
Chifferi
Ditalini		Small fingers
Fideua
Fagioloni

THESE ALL ARE THE TYPES OF WHAT?

ANSWER:PASTA