National Pasta Day

Most times, I pass right over these but you cannot deny pasta on it's day. Pasta has got to be in the top 5 of all food. Here is a list that may back it up.

t's National Pasta Day! A poll found 75% of us eat it at least once a week, including 5% who said every day. So what's your favorite pasta shape? Spaghetti is #1 with 33% of the vote, followed by penne and macaroni.

A few national chains have pasta deals. Nothing too crazy, but Today.com did a round-up if you want to check it out. They went with the excellent headline, "Eight Pasta Day Deals to Save a PENNE or Two."

1. What's your favorite pasta shape? Spaghetti is #1 with 33% of the vote. Then it's penne, 12% . . . macaroni, 11% . . . and tortellini, 7%.

2. What's the best pasta shape specifically for mac-and-cheese? Macaroni got the most votes. But 12% prefer shells . . . 7% prefer corkscrews . . . 6% said bowtie pasta . . . 5% like penne . . . and 5% think rotini is best.

3. What's your favorite sauce . . . alfredo, pesto, or spaghetti sauce? 52% said spaghetti sauce, and 44% said alfredo. Just 4% said pesto is their #1.

4. 93% of Americans always have at least one box or bag of pasta in the house.

5. 21% of us use a fork and spoon to eat spaghetti. The spoon is for twirling.

6. When you make spaghetti, do you usually break it in half? 50% of us do, mostly because it's easier to fit in the pot. 38% don't . . . 4% said it varies . . . and 8% said they never make spaghetti.

7. And finally: Only 3% of us never eat pasta. 75% have it at least once a week

This woman posted to TikTok about her Pasta Pesto and it's getting crazy now.

I have to be honest here, I love Penne. I have never liked angle hair or regular noodles. I don't want to try that hard to pick something up with a fork. Also, Monday nights are the best day for making spaghetti, you had a long day getting back to the work week and you want something that is quick, easy and tasty.