basics pasta ok ?

pigpen

I found the tesco value pasta sticky yet hard like it never absorbed enough water. The texture was different too.. and it tasted really gritty.

The asda one was slightly better but still not nice..

I just buy the tesco 'ordinary' one now instead at least it gets eaten.

belfastgirl23

I always found the basics pasta sticky. Tesco own brand is pretty good though and not that much more expensive

~daisy~_2

i have found that the tesco value lasange sheets come up very stodgy and not a very nice texture when ive used them in the past
have never tried any other value pasta

a11waysindebt

I also buy value pasta.No problems here.

kippers

I used to buy Tesco value pasta but one day realised that it worked out the same per kg as buying Tescos big ordinary bags of pasta (3 kg bags i think), so i stopped buying value pasta then. Though i should do a price check again to make sure.

AUNTMAGPIE

I've been buying Sainsbury's basics pasta for over a year and find it quite ok. I've noticed that it's gone up lately, it was 18p, now it's 26p, I think.

Bella79

jst let you all know i found some pasta in lidil massive bag not sure how much in it but it was only 75pence and really lovely we had it tonight for tea x

a11waysindebt

I remember the large bags being a £1.00 in tesco and asda but now they are £2.20

belfastgirl23

Lidl pasta is pretty good quality (duram wheat apparently being what good pasta is made from). I have used it in the past and thought it was fine but this was pre MS days so no idea how it compares cost wise

Stephen_Leak

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

Spooky. I was thinking just the same, when I was buying some more spaghetti for my current minimalist cooking phase last night.

I've done a little bit of research. It seems that, under Italian law, dry pasta can only be made from durum wheat semolina flour. Eggs, spices and cheeses can be added to this. Particular varieties of pasta can also use other grains and/or milling methods to make the flour. For example, Pizzoccheri is made from buckwheat flour.

Elsewhere, dried pasta is also made from other kinds of wheat flour (such as farina) but this makes a inferior product, which cannot be cooked 'al dente'.

OK. I've checked the ingedients labels on ASDA's own brand and budget spaghettis. The own brand one was just durum wheat flour. The budget one was 50% durum wheat flour and 50% soft wheat flour.