Buttered noodles

[JAS_OH1]

... to add, TastyReuben wrote (my bold):

He's not from the US, he lives in Ohiotucky. And other than his predilection for buttered noodles on the side, he's really an Englishman.

And I am just teasing. I suppose all sorts of people eat noodles as a side dish. It just doesn't happen in my house, although plenty of times it's just been a meal unto itself.

 

[TastyReuben]

Yep, noodles are a very common side dish here in my area - usually just plain buttered egg noodles (like the ones I posted earlier) or if flavored, very lightly flavored.

We also have plenty of boxed noodle dishes served as a side:

 

[Morning Glory]

If serving pasta, it's generally underneath something saucy like the spag bol.

That is a tautology. Spaghetti bolognese is the whole dish and contains pasta by definition. In Italy the bologenese sauce would always be mixed with the pasta. I think what you mean is that the way you serve it is to put bolognese sauce on top of the pasta.

 

[Morning Glory]

Yep, noodles are a very common side dish here in my area - usually just plain buttered egg noodles (like the ones I posted earlier) or if flavored, very lightly flavored.

We also have plenty of boxed noodle dishes served as a side:
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Are there limits as to what the buttered noodles might accompany as a side dish?

 

[JAS_OH1]

That is a tautology. Spaghetti bolognese is the whole dish and contains pasta by definition. In Italy the bologenese sauce would always be mixed with the pasta. I think what you mean is that the way you serve it is to put bolognese sauce on top of the pasta.

Kinda. I typically mix the sauce with the pasta first and others ladle on extra after plating. I like mine with the sauce soaked into the pasta with less sauce than DH does.

 

[TastyReuben]

Are there limits as to what the buttered noodles might accompany as a side dish?

I don’t know if there are limits per se…you wouldn’t see it with a cheeseburger or a bologna sandwich, but meatloaf, pork chops, ham steak, chicken breast…it’s a very common side for those kinds of old-fashioned “church supper” dishes. I don’t know that I’ve seen it with fish, but then if there’s fish involved, I’m generally going the other way.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Anyways fine by me so long as it tastes good. I don’t like food rules about how to eat something so as soon as someone tells me theres a correct or better way to eat something I’ll back away.
It’s just a bland carb after all.
Running..for..cover

 

[JAS_OH1]

...it’s a very common side for those kinds of old-fashioned “church supper” dishes. I don’t know that I’ve seen it with fish, but then if there’s fish involved, I’m generally going the other way.

I feel the same way about organized religion.

 

[TastyReuben]

I don’t like food rules about how to eat something so as soon as someone tells me theres a correct or better way to eat something I’ll back away.

Preach it, sister!

Nothing gets my back up quicker than some self-appointed expert telling me I’m having the wrong cheese with this or the wrong wine with that or “That’s not how that’s eaten in <city/region/country>.”

 

[Barriehie]

Preach it, sister!

Nothing gets my back up quicker than some self-appointed expert telling me I’m having the wrong cheese with this or the wrong wine with that or “That’s not how that’s eaten in <city/region/country>.”

Kind of like mayo on cucumber sandwiches...

 

[Morning Glory]

Kind of like mayo on cucumber sandwiches...

Now now...

i don't really care at all how people want to eat things or what they pair together. But I do llke to discuss why. I also love to research the history of food and how certain dishes are prepared in different cultures. It's all about learning really.

But I draw the line at cucumber and mayonnaise sandwiches

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Classic Italian Buttered Noodles for me to make for my DH is Cacio e Pepe with Anchovy fillets on top to round it out for him as a full meal.

Sssshhhhh!
Don't tell him that there's butter in there, he loves this dish!
Note to self: this should be lunch for tomorrow for my dearest husband.

 

[Barriehie]

Brought up that way!
Down here we put mayonnaise in chocolate cake.
Feel you on the learning MG. Don't want to go off topic with the history of Southern foods.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Side note: DH just walked past my desk and saw the above photo and asked, "who made that?"
Moi, and that's going to be your lunch ... "what time is lunch then?"

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

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.

That's the type of noodles I was brought up with.
Buttered Noodles and Swiss Steak, MAN! That was a treat in our house.