Pasta Lingo :
- gnocchi are potato dumplings
- fettuccini means little slices
- linguini are little tongues
- penne means writing plume pens
- rotini means twisted
- spaghetti means little strings
- agnolotti in 13 century in Piedmont means filled with lamb (agnello), nowadays we fill it with chicken
- cannelloni means tubes or canes
- raviolini means small ravioli
- ravioli means regular size (aprox. 4X4 cm)
- ravioloni means larger size (aprox. 5X5 cm or larger)
- tortellini means regular size (aprox. 2-3 cm)
- tortelloni means larger size (aprox. 3-5 cm)
- sacchetti means little pouches or bags
- orecchiette are little ears
- eliche are propellers
- ditali are thimbles
- conchiglie are conch shells