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having been derailed by life and all of it's whims, i am relaunching the pasta revolution resolution! you'll be happy to know that altho i've failed you all by not posting pasta since... january???... i have actually kept up with a roughly one (1) pasta shape per week eating habit! so i have a backlog of scoring and notes to post. speaking of scoring...

with the help of my many Pasta EAs (Eating Assistants), i have overhauled the scoring rules, and because of the new Bonus Points opportunities, pasta shapes have ALL YEAR to rack up points, so we might have some late-breaking upsets.

Scoring Rules

First Take Points (0-5): How well did the pasta shape perform in whatever dish I used it in first? Hopefully I'm smart enough to choose a dish that complements the shape, but I have a feeling some of these shapes have some surprises in store.

Remix Bonus Points (no limit! available all year!): These are discretionary points that can be awarded if I like a pasta shape enough to put it in a different dish. This category also accepts "ghost points", because my EAs have already suggested amazing dishes that I really love in theory but in reality might never get around to making.

Amusement Points (0-5): How much fun is the pasta shape? Is the name fun to say? Is it cute? Does it resemble an animal or a replacement k'nex piece? Would it be fun at a party?

Annoyance Deductions (0-5): Does it stick to itself - or the spoon - or the pot - unnecessarily? Does it shatter into pieces that skitter under my oven where they will fossilize because nobody ever cleans under the oven? Does it require more than one utensil to ferry it to my mouth? Does it stick out of the pot because why would I have a pot that is the diameter of spaghetti?

Alternative Uses: Crowd sourced!! It's not just what I can dream up, it's about what YOU can imagine!!! My EAs have already proven to be wonderfully wild dreamers of pasta shape dreams, so I can't wait to see what's to come. There's no official scoring for this category; it will be used as a tie-break if needed.

New shapes will be posted with their temporary scores, but as noted, I (you, we!) have ALL YEAR to uncover the TRUE POTENTIAL of each pasta shape. May the best bizzarely shaped dried extrusion of dough win!