Bucatini,14

PUTS OTHER 'MACARONI PRODUCTS' TO SHAME...ACTUAL DURHAM WHEAT NOT A "MACARONI" PRODUCT...COOKED AS EXPECTED AND GAVE DISH A FANTASTIC AUTHENTIC FLAVOR. NO MORE 'MACARONI PRODUCT' FOR MY FAMILY. WORTH THE EXTRA $$ FOR ACTUAL NUTRITION.

The noodles arrived unbroken and the thickness met my expectations for buccatini. If you haven't had this style of pasta before, I definitely recommend it.

Friend recommended this pasta and we are hooked

Garafolo is a good brand. I make all manner of pasta sauces with chunky ingredients (seafood, or meat with diced up veggies and/or with fresh spinach leaves that wilt into the sauce.

taste great, love the bulk buy ability. i love hollow noodles so that the sauce gets inside of them as well, but sometimes i want a spaghetti or linguini type noodle and not penne or rigatonis. these are perfect!

If you are a bucatini fan you will likely already know that this is a pasta shape that has been in short supply in the US during the pandemic. There are apparently several reasons for this. I was unwilling to buy 20 pounds of bucatini to get a sensible price, or spend over $10/lb for a single pound to appease my bucatini cravings, and so when I saw Garofalo bucatini available in a six-unit package, and at a reasonable per pound price, I placed my order. When I lived and traveled in Italy, Garofalo was a widely available and popular brand. Our local Costco carries it as well, just not the bucatini.The package arrived about two weeks ago. I opened it, and there were six packages that had been put into a large plastic bag that was then taped to seal it. What could go wrong? Two days ago I finally opened the bag. It was interesting that it was a set of 500 g (1.1 lb) rather than the more normal 1 lb packages that are now common for the US market. This suggests that this might have been product for the Italian/EU market that was redirected to the US. One bag had an open end. It’s hard to imagine this happening during shipping. I’m not returning it, but I hope that this is not something that others also experience. With an average rating of 4.9 stars for the product, I’m guessing that I was just unlucky. I only found one other review citing a similar problem.I’ve eaten lots of Garofalo pasta over the last twenty years, and I consider it to be a high-quality pasta and a good value. I’m not surprised by the positive rating. I had some with an arrabiata sauce, and that was delicious. If I had gotten 6 usable packages, I would have gladly given it five stars. Four stars seems like a fair compromise under the circumstances. I'll hope that DeCecco gets their FDA issue resolved and that other makers in Italy adjust their production and restore earlier levels of bucatini production. I'd be happy to buy this product again, but also wouldn't mind a better/broader set of reasonable choices.

I don’t know why this product is so hard to find in the supermarket. But if you have not tried Bucatini, you should! For some reason it does tend to be pricier then typical spaghetti. But it works well with your more unique pasta dishes and will impress your guests. This pasta is sturdy enough for some heavier sauces while still being fun and easy enough to twirl on your fork. It cooks up nicely and has excellent flavor. The texture is satisfying and fulfilling. This week I used it to make a carbonara and was delighted with the results.

This is a great spaghetti, with outstanding taste, flavor, consistency, and really outstanding Al Dente. It takes up the sauce nicely and retains its consistency the next day. It is the best spaghetti I have ever had from an 81-year-old Italian. On top of that it is the lowest cost of bucatini on Amazon. Go, Garofalo.