Prince Rigatoni Pasta (16 oz. box)
Item Purchased: Prince Rigatoni Pasta (16 oz. box)
Location Purchased: Dominick’s / 1340 S. Canal St. / Chicago, IL
Price: $1.00 + tax
Review: First a note on the database and register system at Dominick’s. I couldn’t help but notice (because running a website like this one involves a while lot of time reading and analyzing my itemized receipts) that I was charged for Prince brand rigati instead of the actual rigatoni I walked away from the supermarket. Luckily for Dominick’s, the price was the same. (If it were my luck, the rigati would have been cheaper). I wonder if they just lump similarly priced pasta together under the rigati blanket or if this was an actual mistake.
Oh the wonders I wonder. And I say I don’t have much free time.
Anyway, this box of dry pasta is from a company that started pressing flour and eggs back in 1912. After 94 years, I’m pretty sure they know what they are doing. At least the robots on the assembly line have had enough time to learn their prime directive programming. They probably even got in a few cigarette breaks. Though it may have the consitency of ash, it is probably left over starch that coats the dry pasta. If one is not careful, the finished, boiled pasta has a chalky taste to it. Chalkier than most, actually. For a buck a pound, you can’t really pass this off as a valid complaint though.
Rating: 3.75 / 5
P.S. For those of you who are culinarily inclined, you can check out what I did with this pasta. Go here and switch out the penne with this rigatoni.
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