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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Oh yeah, been eating those for years! Various different brands, though. Trader Joes had wheat ones and mini ones, that I really liked.

BUTTTT, I have to add that while they are great in a pinch, once you’ve had the ones made from scratch, there is little comparison. The homemade ones (or I hear you can buy them frozen in grocery stores) are SO soft and pillowy. The texture is completely different. It’s kinda like how the semolina gnocchi and potato gnocchi don’t seem like they should be called the same thing, they are so different.

But I love these packaged ones for soup - they never seem to overcook. And the mini ones are a great size for soup too - like the olive garden soup that was posted here. Its’ hard to make them that small from scratch.


75 posted on 01/19/2018 7:49:38 AM PST by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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To: CottonBall

And the homemade ones, WATCH them as they boil, because if you don’t get them out of the water fast enough, you have nothing to eat except a sort of potato water. Ask me how I learned this.


113 posted on 01/20/2018 6:41:38 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

Here’s my critique of the little packaged ones. In fact I mention Trader Joe’s by name :-)


134 posted on 01/20/2018 8:40:01 PM PST by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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