Definitions
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- noun Pasta in long, extremely thin strands.
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- noun A type of
pasta , thinner thanspaghetti orvermicelli ;capellini .
Etymologies
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A calque translation of Italian capelli d'angelo ("angel's hair")
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john commented on the word angel hair
See capelli d'angelo.
October 17, 2007
arby commented on the word angel hair
Mmmmm, angel hair. All this pasta-listing is making me hungry!
October 17, 2007
arby commented on the word angel hair
If you think about it literally, "angel hair" is kind of gross.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word angel hair
I don't think it compares to strozzapreti ("choke a priest"), though. They do have rather colorful names for these pasta shapes. :-)
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word angel hair
It's all how you look at angel hair, I guess. I bought a product for a holiday gift for a kid I knew once. It was Angel Snot. And because it was angel snot and not just regular snot, it was nifty.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word angel hair
But wasn't that because it was all sparkly? Angel hair pasta is rarely sparkly.
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word angel hair
Well, I like angel hair quite a bit because it cooks fast.
October 17, 2007
arby commented on the word angel hair
I suspect it was called angel hair because it's so fine and thin compared to most long pasta shapes. But still! Eating real hair = nasty. I don't care if it belongs to angels or not.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word angel hair
I do too--it's tasty, and I think the name is neat.
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word angel hair
Yeah, I've had that squeegy moment too, arby, looking in the pantry and thinking "how about some nice... hair?"
October 17, 2007