Buttered noodles

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I’ve been watching a programme called ‘Atypical’ and buttered noodles get mentioned a lot.
It’s not a Brit thing but I really fancy a nice strongly flavoured slow cooked beef ragu and I have it in my mind that would be good with buttered noodles?
So are they any type of pasta with butter melted on them? And is it drowned in butter or just lightly coated?
Just plain like that? I’m guessing maybe salt n pepper? Maybe a grating of parmesan? Are they usually served to the side?
I don’t know, I’ve asked before and I think the answer was plain and any pasta
I’m off to bed now, answers on a postcard but I will be ragu food shopping tmoz Don’t let me down my fine noodle eating friends.

 

[medtran49]

To me, buttered noodles are noodles cooked in salted water, like pasta, then drained and butter added to melt, enough to nicely coat and absorb, but not drowned. I personally wouldn't add pepper, but Craig would.

 

[TastyReuben]

Buttered noodles are revered where I’m from, it’s what you get when you’re a kid and you don’t feel well, that sort of thing.

In my experience, buttered noodles are made from wide (or extra wide) egg noodles, boiled in salted water, drained and buttered thrown in immediately, so it can nicely coat the noodles, making them lovely and glossy, like medtran49 said.

No cheese, nothing else except maybe a little finely chopped parsley for color, and served many times as a side, occasionally with something over it (like leftover roast beef), or over something else (usually mashed potatoes), but mainly like spaghetti - a big ol’ plate of nothing but buttered noodles. It’s heaven.

 

[karadekoolaid]

So are they any type of pasta with butter melted on them? And is it drowned in butter or just lightly coated?
Just plain like that? I’m guessing maybe salt n pepper? Maybe a grating of parmesan? Are they usually served to the side?

Of course. Fettucine al burro (fettucine with butter). Or, Fettucine Alfredo.
Alfredo di Lelio's wife was not well after giving birth, so he prepared a fettucine al burro with 3 times the amount of butter, and a grating of parmesan cheese. 1907, Rome.

 

[medtran49]

I've been known to eat nothing but a bowl of buttered noodles from time to time.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I've been known to eat nothing but a bowl of buttered noodles from time to time.

So good. I like a little parsley, too.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

This sort of pasta would do the job then?

 

[karadekoolaid]

This sort of pasta would do the job then?

Looks like fettucine to me....

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Looks like fettucine to me....

A bit eggier I think so close but probably a tagliatelle?

 

[karadekoolaid]

probably a tagliatelle?

The difference is in the width and thickness of the pasta.
Reminds me of "Are you being served?" - never mind the quality, feel the width!

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

The difference is in the width and thickness of the pasta.
Reminds me of "Are you being served?" - never mind the quality, feel the width!

I was aware there was a size difference Mr Humphries but I thought tagliatelle was always made with egg?

Not that I know much about pasta at all, being a coeliac left pasta firmly in the ‘of no interest’ category until not that long ago when they finally improved enough to be worth eating!

 

[msmofet]

I just served buttered egg noodles with pot roast. Served with Swedish meatballs, or beef stroganoff. When my stomach is feeling bad, I sometimes have buttered pastina (with or without fresh parsley). Butter and noodles go perfect together. Sometimes I'll top with fresh grated hard Italian cheese.

 

[TastyReuben]

I've been known to eat nothing but a bowl of buttered noodles from time to time.

That’s high up on the list of MrsT’s comfort/I’m sick food.

 

[TastyReuben]

This sort of pasta would do the job then?
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You can use whatever pasta you fancy, but around here, this is the standard:

Kroger

Say you had fettuccine, and that’s all, so you used that. If you were a local, you’d tell someone, “I had buttered noodles last night…but with fettuccine, not regular noodles.” - it’s an iconic dish around here and you’d feel the weight of 5 generations behind you, shaming you to own up to the substitution.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

You can use whatever pasta you fancy, but around here, this is the standard:

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Kroger

Say you had fettuccine, and that’s all, so you used that. If you were a local, you’d tell someone, “I had buttered noodles last night…but with fettuccine, not regular noodles.” - it’s an iconic dish around here and you’d feel the weight of 5 generations behind you, shaming you to own up to the substitution.

Brilliant