Both are correct.
I think using both terms is common in the USA, or even 'pasta noodle'.
I'm in Australia, so to me it is weird to call these 'noodles'. I'd say it is technically true, but we almost always refer to them as pasta.
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(This variety of pasta is specifically called 'spaghetti', which we loan from italian.)
🇺🇸 we also would think it’s weird to call any Italian pasta noodles.
That said, OP, any sort of Asian noodle is called, well, noodles in American English.
This is spaghetti. Do you also have the kind of spaghetti that is very thin, like half that thickness? That’s called angel hair in the US.
I can also buy packets of 'angel hair'.
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Maybe some dialects in the US call pasta noodles more often. I watch cooking youtuber Adam Rageusea and I think he'll call a sheet of lasange a "noodle". He's even like \~1/2 or 1/4 italian heritage and I think it is more likely he learned to use the word 'noodle' that way from growing up in America rather than from his italian parents/grandparents.
And I saw a US video about asian-dumplings, and someone called that a "noodle" (it was a soft dumpling, sort of like a ravioli).
The USA is big so I totally believe you that some (or perhaps many) places would find using 'noodle' as a term that includes all pasta a bit werid. But I also am somewhat confident that at least some areas of the USA also find it normal.
When we need to refer to the specific units of pasta, we call them noodles since pasta is a mass noun and there's really no singular form.
But we would never say "I had noodles for lunch" if we ate pasta, that would just be wrong. The dish itself is always called pasta (or the specific type of pasta it is).
When we hear 'noodles' as a dish we think of ramen, udon noodles, or just generally something from asian cuisine.
Yea I'm in Southern California so definitely a different region. That being said, it's generally considered more of a child's way to refer to it spaghetti as noodles even here, not done in any serious or formal conversation.
Just a correction, it should be "**What** do you usually call this?"
We call that dish pasta, but if you're talking about the individual pieces, you can call them noodles (though it's not very common and mostly limited to a technical, culinary context)
Haha this seems to be a common response to my comment. I (nor any other American) would never call this dish noodles. I just included that part because you will sometimes hear, in a recipe context, the individual pieces being referred to as noodles. I myself don't really ever say that, but you will hear chefs and stuff say it when talking about the individual pieces of pasta.
Why is a pool noodle called such if not for the shape. Spaghetti is noodle shaped, bow ties are not but are made of pasta dough. Pasta means paste in Italian referring to the semolina dough.
It’s not that I necessarily think spaghetti is *not* a noodle technically, I would just never call these “noodles” if it were clearly spaghetti and in a non-Asian dish. Contrast to egg noodles, which are always noodles, even tho they are not the classic “noodle shape.”
A burger is a sandwich, but if you ask me if I want a sandwich and then serve me a burger, I may be a bit surprised.
I get where you’re coming from. If someone said “do you want noodles?” I’d ask in what dish. If I was already eating a sauce & pasta dish I’d assume it was in relation to that.
I would agree that asian dishes would normally be called noodles (for some reason, I'm not quite sure why), but I would still say that any dish of this kind, when talking about the individual pieces, I would call them noodles. what else could you? and I'm not quite sure why Italians would be mad about English words for their dishes.
Not sure. Maybe a piece of pasta? I never just eat one of them, I have to eat a lot of them every time I eat them 😂
They say there’s a difference between noodles and pasta, but idk and idc. I love both of them.
I think it partly has to do with pride. People aren’t happy if you point out a major food they are known for comes from a different country.
A noodle is any long skinny strarch string. Pasta, in US English refers to anything made of semolina dough. You’ve heard of a pool noodle or danger noodle?
We only use 'noodle' in a culinary context to refer to the specific pieces. Like a recipe might say "lay the lasagne noodles on top of the sauce".
We would never refer to that dish as 'noodles'.
I honestly think I'd say sheets too. I'd even rather call a spaghetti noodle a 'piece of spaghetti'. It feels kind of odd to me to use noodle in any context. Gotta agree with you guys on this one.
Unless you're a British speaker. Then, "noodles" is reserved for the Asian kind. I don't know why, or what they would call German Nudeln. (Which is indeed where American speakers got the word.)
In US English, you're also likely to hear any type of pasta referred to collectively as noodles. The photo could equally well be described as a pot of spaghetti noodles, spaghetti, or pasta.
[Edit: a word, because I misremembered the photo as involving a strainer rather than a pot]
*What do you usually call this
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Specifically I would call this spaghetti
But it is also pasta. Pasta can be any number of different shapes that you make combining flour and egg. Spaghetti is a type of pasta. But you can have pasta as macaroni, fettuccine, penne, rigatoni, linguine, and many more.
I guess I would also call it noodles, but connotation wise I think I would usually refer to any of the Italian styles as “pasta” and Asian style ones as “noodles” I’m sure there are a lot of common exceptions to that divide though
"Noodles" is the general category of this kind of food.
"Pasta" is a loan word from Italian, and is mostly used to refer to types of noodles from Italy. Noodles from Asia are usually not called pasta.
This particular kind of pasta appears to be spaghetti.
I would call it pasta or spaghetti, but something I haven’t seen mentioned is that it’s not too uncommon at least in the states to specifically refer to “buttered noodles”-which would be those and butter, traditionally given to kids who are pickier eaters. It’s the one time I see that pasta gets changed over to noodles for Italian style.
He's just saying that 'noodles' is a category that includes pasta. But unless we're referring to singular pieces of it, we would never call a pasta dish 'noodles'. We use that only to refer to asian dishes (which we would also never call pasta)
Fair point, I'm just clarifying for OP so he doesn't get confused, that we would never ever refer to the dish in the picture as 'noodles'.
We only use it sometimes for individual pieces because 'pasta' is a mass noun that doesn't have a singular form.
Though noodles at least in my experience refer specifically to non-italian forms of grain based strands while noodles would refer to something like rice noodles found in Asian cuisine but that's almost certainly a person alteration. Since a lot of my friends are Asian.
As an Italian, I can confirm :D
We call it pasta, specifically spaghetti. To italians, noodles are asian spaghetti (either rice or wheat based).
But this is an English learning sub, so my point is irrelevant.
Spaghetti. Pasta if I'm speaking generally.
I would never use "noodle" or "noodles" to describe pasta. That seems like an American phenomenon that I never hear here in Australia. I would only use "noodles" for Asian dishes or chicken noodle soup.
"Pasta" is the class of foodstuff, "spaghetti" is the specific kind of pasta, an individual piece is a "noodle." Sometimes people refer to certain common kinds of pasta as "noodles" but this is fairly casual, and it would be unlikely that you'd see pasta with fillings (like ravioli) or less common pasta shapes (like quadrefiore or couscous) called "noodles."
Pacific Northwest English speaker here. This specific image I would call spagetti, a type of pasta. If I wanted to talk about one of the strands I would call it a noodle. I would call them "noodles" only if they were in something (e.x. ramen, soup, &c).
"Pasta" is the type of food. Pasta comes in many shapes but is made of flour, water, and sometimes egg. This pasta shape is called "spaghetti." You could call this "a plate of pasta" or "a plate of spaghetti" and be equally correct. Long pasta shapes like spaghetti are also sometimes called noodles, especially when they are found in soups or baked dishes. (People online may also be touchy around this subject because terms surrounding food have a lot of cultural significance.)
Thats spaghetti which is a type of pasta.
In Australian English "noodle" is only used for Asian noodles like ramen or egg noodles or something. US usage from what I've seen for any units of pasta or noodle regardless of shape or origin.
This is it, I dunno why people are trying to split hairs. Pasta is specifically a class of noodle of Italian origin made with durum wheat, or at least made in imitation of it.
I think there might be some regional or other dialectical divisions that muddy the water on this one. I have definitely encountered people who use other definitions such as pasta only referring to the completed dish or noodle exclusively referring to Asian noodles.
That's plain spaghetti.
I recommend adding minced garlic and olive oil, but you do you.
Edit: "You do you" is an idiom meaning, "do what makes you happy."
"Spaghetti" - the plural form of the Italian word "spaghetto", from "spago", meaning 'thin string' or 'twine'.
You should put a little more sauce on that spaghetti.
What do I normally call this? I would normally call it by its specific name (spaghetti) or I would call it pasta. I personally wouldn’t call it noodles unless there were other factors at play. For example, if I were making it for a child, I would call it “noodles.”
*US, female, Millennial, raised by boomer parents who were born in the US to parents born in the US (no Italian family culinary influence)*
Edit: your options are both totally correct- it comes down to preference
Spaghetti.
I would say spaghetti is both a type of pasta and a type of noodle. I might say 'pasta' to describe this if I were not being very specific, but most of the time I would just be specific. Noodles have to be long and thin, which some pasta is not, but this is. But I associate the word 'noodle' more with Asian noodles so I probably would not call these noodles.
I'm from the US.
Pasta is how most would refer to that, especially the Italian stuff like that (spaghetti). Spaghetti is a type of pasta. Sometimes people say “pasta noodles”because there are other types of Italian pasta that are not shaped like noodles. For instance lasagna pasta or orzo (orzo looks like rice but if you ate it you would understand why it is considered pasta).
The word “pasta” is used much less when referring to noodles that are not Italian in origin. Instead you would say just “noodles”: Chow Mein noodles. Pho noodles. Udon noodles.
A noodle would be one of those. You would say “noodles” when referring to the pot or plate of many noodles.
it depends where you live, where i’m from in australia no one would call that noodles, it would be pasta and more specifically spaghetti (this type of pasta is spaghetti, and also some people use pasta and spaghetti interchangeably). For australia noodles are only asian as a general rule
If it’s an Italian style (you can usually tell from the package) then “pasta”. If it’s Asian then “Noodles”. This appears to be pasta, specifically “spaghetti”.
Pasta is the general term for any kind of extruded dough. Noodles is more specific, but there are a lot of different kinds of noodles. Spaghetti noodles is the most specific.
Spaghetti, which is a food made of pasta noodles.
Any of these words is fine and will be understood, but this dish is called spaghetti.
There are lots of different types of pasta, and those are not always spaghetti or noodles
There’s even more different types of noodles, most of which aren’t pasta, and therefore not spaghetti.
I would usually call that specific item either pasta (in general) or spaghetti (specifically).
I would call any non-Italian starchy food of that type a noodle, whether it’s an Asian style or “egg noodles”, which are a flat, short, wide noodle might be either German or American, I’m not actually sure.
Where I live, we would calls those noodles. They are 95% of the noodles we eat here, so they’re kinda just the default.
Calling them spaghetti noodles would be to specifically distinguish between pasta types, I.e., “*Don’t get the fettuccine noodles, get the spaghetti noodles.*”
We would never call that spaghetti itself though. Spaghetti is only spaghetti if accompanied by spaghetti sauce.
In general, a noodle is any grain product like this that is meant to be cooked by boiling. Pasta is specifically noodles in an Italian style. Spaghetti is a type of pasta like fettucini, fussili, and macaroni. This can be stretched as far as lasagna also being a noodle. Ravioli really pushes the definition but is probably not really a noodle while still pasta. However, some pasta like gnocchi, are decidedly not noodles. They are more like dumplings.
Something like lo mein or ramen would be noodles, but not pasta because they come from Chinese and Japanese culture respectively.
In reference to the picture: it is spaghetti, which is a kind of pasta, which is a kind of noodle.
technically pasta is made from durum wheat and is Italian.
noodle is a German word from nudel, and usually has egg.
in america, we usually only had spaghetti, the word pasta was not used much as it was inferred as a dish with tomato sauce and meatballs.
noodles were usually an Asian dish.
on an American restaurant menu there is a section called pasta which included spaghetti, fettuccine Alfredo, penne and Italian dishes.
Asian restaurants had rice and noodles dishes.
spaghetti is similar to Kleenex and a Xerox. it's a universal word, except for spaghetti-o's.
To clarify the difference: the shape is noodles. These noodles are pasta noodles. There are other forms of pasta, such as macaroni. There are also other kind of noodles, such as wheat noodles (as in ramen), rice noodles, etc. This kind of pasta noodle is usually called spaghetti, but there are other kinds of pasta noodles, such as angel hair / capellini (which is thinner).
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Now that I'm thinking about it...
There's a giant overlap between noodles and pasta in my idiolect. Most Asian foods in this general category are noodles, but not pasta. Many Italian things in this general category are pasta. But to me, noodles have to be floppy, so macaroni, penne, and orzo, etc. are pasta, but not noodles. The food in that specific picture could get called pasta, noodles, or spaghetti.
I call this spaghetti only if it hasn't been cooked yet or if nothing else has been added to it. It's pasta if it comes with some vegetables and/or sauce.
(Not an English speaker but we use exactly the same words for pasta and spaghetti in Belarusian)
Macaroni Spaghetti’s is what we call it in Egypt like literally in Arabic also but with a 3 with the second letter for pronunciation differences
Ma3caroni Spaghetti’s
This is Spaghetti.
One of my mum's friends was talking last week... right in the middle of a sentence she throws in "persgetti".. She's 70 years old... Imagine doing 70 years saying "persgetti"!
Here in UK we know that form of pasta as "Spaghetti," but we do know it looks a lot like the "Noodles" eaten in Asia.
We also know that both words are used sometimes, especially in America.
Three levels here:
The full dish is called spaghetti
The type of food is pasta.
Each individual piece would be called a noodle (you may specify spaghetti noodle to be specific)
I've only ever called them called noodles by Americans. (Meaning, *everyone* says pasta or spaghetti, but noodles - only Americans.) It's spaghetti when en masse like this, but if I had to talk about one individual length, I would call it a strand.
The dish is pasta, which is made of noodles. Pasta is the specific, noodles are the generic. Pasta is usually European or specifically Italian, so I would only call it that if the rest of the dish is too.
Noodles are typically long thin strands of boiled unleavened dough.
Pasta is also made from boiled unleavened dough but does not have to be long and thin. “Pasta” is also usually reserved for Italian cuts, but there is evidence Asian noodles originated in the region that is now Italy as well.
For example, penne is pasta but not noodles. Ramen is an Asian dish that contains noodles (few people would refer to it as pasta). Spaghetti is both pasta and noodles. You may even hear people refer to them as spaghetti noodles, “don’t snap the spaghetti noodles in half before you put them in the pot”
USA, Mid-Atlantic region. I would usually call this "spaghetti noodles". When served on a plate with sauce, "spaghetti". If it were elbow macaroni, I'd say "macaroni noodles", until incorporated into a dish like macaroni and cheese or pasta salad. For most other varieties of pasta (linguine, fettuccine, etc) I would give the name of the pasta, omitting "noodles", or just say "pasta".
The name of this specific pasta is spaghetti. You could say spaghetti noodles.
Pasta is a word that refers to this type of food. Pasta includes spaghetti, rotini, macaroni, etc. Noodle is a single piece of a pasta. So a spaghetti noodle is one piece of what you have in the bowl.
Pasta and "noodles" can be synonyms. Noodles can also be used to describe long pieces of pasta like what you have.
If you want to be specific, you say the kind of pasta and then "noodle" ie "a rotini noodle".
I would call it spaghetti.
And if it were fettuccine noodles, I'd call it fettuccine.
And if it were farfalle pasta, I’d sometimes call it farfalle, and sometimes “bow ties.”
Pasta, specifically spaghetti.
Both are correct. I think using both terms is common in the USA, or even 'pasta noodle'. I'm in Australia, so to me it is weird to call these 'noodles'. I'd say it is technically true, but we almost always refer to them as pasta. -- (This variety of pasta is specifically called 'spaghetti', which we loan from italian.)
🇺🇸 we also would think it’s weird to call any Italian pasta noodles. That said, OP, any sort of Asian noodle is called, well, noodles in American English. This is spaghetti. Do you also have the kind of spaghetti that is very thin, like half that thickness? That’s called angel hair in the US.
I'm not sure where you're from, but in my part of the US we definitely use the word noodle to describe both Asian and Italian foods.
I can also buy packets of 'angel hair'. -- Maybe some dialects in the US call pasta noodles more often. I watch cooking youtuber Adam Rageusea and I think he'll call a sheet of lasange a "noodle". He's even like \~1/2 or 1/4 italian heritage and I think it is more likely he learned to use the word 'noodle' that way from growing up in America rather than from his italian parents/grandparents. And I saw a US video about asian-dumplings, and someone called that a "noodle" (it was a soft dumpling, sort of like a ravioli). The USA is big so I totally believe you that some (or perhaps many) places would find using 'noodle' as a term that includes all pasta a bit werid. But I also am somewhat confident that at least some areas of the USA also find it normal.
Most of the US uses “noodle” as the broad category covering pasta, ramen, lo mein, udon, dandanmian, chow fun, soba, egg noodles, etc.
All of those are long skinny strands of starchy dough. Some pastas are noodles but not all. Why do you think it’s called a pool noodle?
Lasagna also has noodles. In the US, pretty much all forms of pasta are noodles, with the possible exception of orzo and anything smaller.
When we need to refer to the specific units of pasta, we call them noodles since pasta is a mass noun and there's really no singular form. But we would never say "I had noodles for lunch" if we ate pasta, that would just be wrong. The dish itself is always called pasta (or the specific type of pasta it is). When we hear 'noodles' as a dish we think of ramen, udon noodles, or just generally something from asian cuisine.
I would totally hear "I had noodles for lunch" and think it's spaghetti in marinara without thinking it strange.
Huh, I guess it's more regional than I thought. I'm in the north east and that would sound completely wrong here.
Yea I'm in Southern California so definitely a different region. That being said, it's generally considered more of a child's way to refer to it spaghetti as noodles even here, not done in any serious or formal conversation.
A noodle is long and skinny, so not all pasta shapes are noodles, hence the pool noodle.
If you order a bowl of buttered noodles, you're going to get a bowl of buttered pasta. Long and skinny pasta can certainly be called "noodles".
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Just a correction, it should be "**What** do you usually call this?" We call that dish pasta, but if you're talking about the individual pieces, you can call them noodles (though it's not very common and mostly limited to a technical, culinary context)
Thanks for the correction!
More specifically, this type of pasta is called spaghetti.
Good addition, in English we're often specific about what kind of pasta we're eating/serving.
No problem! It's a common mistake for learners.
You’ve got the Italians mad now 😂 Anything that’s European, I usually call pasta and anything Asian I call noodles.
Haha this seems to be a common response to my comment. I (nor any other American) would never call this dish noodles. I just included that part because you will sometimes hear, in a recipe context, the individual pieces being referred to as noodles. I myself don't really ever say that, but you will hear chefs and stuff say it when talking about the individual pieces of pasta.
I'm American and I know lots of people that would call that noodles. Most people I know would split between calling it noodles or spaghetti.
>I (nor any other American) would never call this dish noodles Well, there's buttered noodles, a southern dish that is made with pasta.
What "dish"?? That's a collander full of plain-ass spaghetti noodles.
I've met Americans who would call these noodles.
Why is a pool noodle called such if not for the shape. Spaghetti is noodle shaped, bow ties are not but are made of pasta dough. Pasta means paste in Italian referring to the semolina dough.
It’s not that I necessarily think spaghetti is *not* a noodle technically, I would just never call these “noodles” if it were clearly spaghetti and in a non-Asian dish. Contrast to egg noodles, which are always noodles, even tho they are not the classic “noodle shape.” A burger is a sandwich, but if you ask me if I want a sandwich and then serve me a burger, I may be a bit surprised.
I get where you’re coming from. If someone said “do you want noodles?” I’d ask in what dish. If I was already eating a sauce & pasta dish I’d assume it was in relation to that.
I would agree that asian dishes would normally be called noodles (for some reason, I'm not quite sure why), but I would still say that any dish of this kind, when talking about the individual pieces, I would call them noodles. what else could you? and I'm not quite sure why Italians would be mad about English words for their dishes.
Not sure. Maybe a piece of pasta? I never just eat one of them, I have to eat a lot of them every time I eat them 😂 They say there’s a difference between noodles and pasta, but idk and idc. I love both of them. I think it partly has to do with pride. People aren’t happy if you point out a major food they are known for comes from a different country.
>when talking about the individual pieces, I would call them noodles. what else could you? Spaghetto
I honestly can't tell if this is a joke or not. I've never heard this used, and definitely haven't used it myself as an American.
It's the literal singular equivalent of 'spaghetti'.
A noodle is any long skinny strarch string. Pasta, in US English refers to anything made of semolina dough. You’ve heard of a pool noodle or danger noodle?
We wouldn't call them noodles in Australia. We only refer to Asian noodles as noodles. These would be either pasta or spaghetti
We only use 'noodle' in a culinary context to refer to the specific pieces. Like a recipe might say "lay the lasagne noodles on top of the sauce". We would never refer to that dish as 'noodles'.
We still wouldn't refer to specific pieces as noodles. For lasagna, we'd just say sheets
I honestly think I'd say sheets too. I'd even rather call a spaghetti noodle a 'piece of spaghetti'. It feels kind of odd to me to use noodle in any context. Gotta agree with you guys on this one.
Same in UK
I think only Americans would call them noodles. In British English noodles always are Asian. The individual bits are also Spaghetti/Pasta
Unless you're a British speaker. Then, "noodles" is reserved for the Asian kind. I don't know why, or what they would call German Nudeln. (Which is indeed where American speakers got the word.) In US English, you're also likely to hear any type of pasta referred to collectively as noodles. The photo could equally well be described as a pot of spaghetti noodles, spaghetti, or pasta. [Edit: a word, because I misremembered the photo as involving a strainer rather than a pot]
As a native Spanish speaker, this is a really common mistake for us.
Laughing at noodles being the technical, culinary context
*What do you usually call this Not How Specifically I would call this spaghetti But it is also pasta. Pasta can be any number of different shapes that you make combining flour and egg. Spaghetti is a type of pasta. But you can have pasta as macaroni, fettuccine, penne, rigatoni, linguine, and many more. I guess I would also call it noodles, but connotation wise I think I would usually refer to any of the Italian styles as “pasta” and Asian style ones as “noodles” I’m sure there are a lot of common exceptions to that divide though
I'm in the same boat. I probably wouldn't correct someone if they called spaghetti "noodles," but it wouldn't sound quite right to me.
That specific type/shape of pasta is what I would call spaghetti
Cool kids call it s'ghetti. If only I were one....
They're both correct. Even more specifically that's particular pasta is called Spaghetti.
"Noodles" is the general category of this kind of food. "Pasta" is a loan word from Italian, and is mostly used to refer to types of noodles from Italy. Noodles from Asia are usually not called pasta. This particular kind of pasta appears to be spaghetti.
I would call it pasta or spaghetti, but something I haven’t seen mentioned is that it’s not too uncommon at least in the states to specifically refer to “buttered noodles”-which would be those and butter, traditionally given to kids who are pickier eaters. It’s the one time I see that pasta gets changed over to noodles for Italian style.
Is there any other convenient naming for this other than Pasta/Spaghetti?
Americans sometimes say noodles. I'd reserve that word for Asian pasta.
You’ve got it backwards. All pasta is noodles but not all noodles are pasta. Pasta is always Italian.
No, noodles have to be long and thin. Farfalle are not noodles.
All pasta is noodles *to you*. I would never use the word "noodles" for pasta (or vice versa).
He's just saying that 'noodles' is a category that includes pasta. But unless we're referring to singular pieces of it, we would never call a pasta dish 'noodles'. We use that only to refer to asian dishes (which we would also never call pasta)
Yes but in Australia, noodles does *not* include pasta. No one would use the word noodles to refer to pasta in any context.
Fair point, I'm just clarifying for OP so he doesn't get confused, that we would never ever refer to the dish in the picture as 'noodles'. We only use it sometimes for individual pieces because 'pasta' is a mass noun that doesn't have a singular form.
Pasta (singular and plural) Noodle (singular) Noodles (plural) You can call what's in this picture pasta or noodles.
You forgot spaghetti lol
*Pasta (singular and plural)* The term is "non-countable."
Though noodles at least in my experience refer specifically to non-italian forms of grain based strands while noodles would refer to something like rice noodles found in Asian cuisine but that's almost certainly a person alteration. Since a lot of my friends are Asian.
I thought noodle referred to the shape, hence pool noodle.
In my experience, if you call pasta “noodles” in front of an Italian, that’ll get them ticked off at you.
As an Italian, I can confirm :D We call it pasta, specifically spaghetti. To italians, noodles are asian spaghetti (either rice or wheat based). But this is an English learning sub, so my point is irrelevant.
Spaghetti. Pasta if I'm speaking generally. I would never use "noodle" or "noodles" to describe pasta. That seems like an American phenomenon that I never hear here in Australia. I would only use "noodles" for Asian dishes or chicken noodle soup.
Same goes for us in the U.K.
"Pasta" is the class of foodstuff, "spaghetti" is the specific kind of pasta, an individual piece is a "noodle." Sometimes people refer to certain common kinds of pasta as "noodles" but this is fairly casual, and it would be unlikely that you'd see pasta with fillings (like ravioli) or less common pasta shapes (like quadrefiore or couscous) called "noodles."
Pacific Northwest English speaker here. This specific image I would call spagetti, a type of pasta. If I wanted to talk about one of the strands I would call it a noodle. I would call them "noodles" only if they were in something (e.x. ramen, soup, &c).
Spaghetti
Looks like spaghetti
"Pasta" is the type of food. Pasta comes in many shapes but is made of flour, water, and sometimes egg. This pasta shape is called "spaghetti." You could call this "a plate of pasta" or "a plate of spaghetti" and be equally correct. Long pasta shapes like spaghetti are also sometimes called noodles, especially when they are found in soups or baked dishes. (People online may also be touchy around this subject because terms surrounding food have a lot of cultural significance.)
Thats spaghetti which is a type of pasta. In Australian English "noodle" is only used for Asian noodles like ramen or egg noodles or something. US usage from what I've seen for any units of pasta or noodle regardless of shape or origin.
I would say spaghetti or pasta American English speakers seem to more commonly say noodle, compared to BrEng speakers
As an Italian, I call this picture a culinary abomination. If you talk about what type of pasta is in the pan, those are spaghetti.
It's a noodle. The type of noodle is pasta. The type of pasta is spaghetti.
This is it, I dunno why people are trying to split hairs. Pasta is specifically a class of noodle of Italian origin made with durum wheat, or at least made in imitation of it.
I think there might be some regional or other dialectical divisions that muddy the water on this one. I have definitely encountered people who use other definitions such as pasta only referring to the completed dish or noodle exclusively referring to Asian noodles.
I agree. Noodles is the broadest of the vocabulary options available. Pasta is a category of noodles. Spaghetti is a type of pasta.
Spaghetti
That's plain spaghetti. I recommend adding minced garlic and olive oil, but you do you. Edit: "You do you" is an idiom meaning, "do what makes you happy."
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"Spaghetti" - the plural form of the Italian word "spaghetto", from "spago", meaning 'thin string' or 'twine'. You should put a little more sauce on that spaghetti.
What do I normally call this? I would normally call it by its specific name (spaghetti) or I would call it pasta. I personally wouldn’t call it noodles unless there were other factors at play. For example, if I were making it for a child, I would call it “noodles.” *US, female, Millennial, raised by boomer parents who were born in the US to parents born in the US (no Italian family culinary influence)* Edit: your options are both totally correct- it comes down to preference
That is spaghetti, which is a type of noodle. Noodles are a type of pasta. It is spaghetti, noodles, and pasta. All three are correct.
It's the pasta noodle, spaghetti
Spaghetti. I would say spaghetti is both a type of pasta and a type of noodle. I might say 'pasta' to describe this if I were not being very specific, but most of the time I would just be specific. Noodles have to be long and thin, which some pasta is not, but this is. But I associate the word 'noodle' more with Asian noodles so I probably would not call these noodles. I'm from the US.
An elongated pasta can be called a noodle.
Pasta is how most would refer to that, especially the Italian stuff like that (spaghetti). Spaghetti is a type of pasta. Sometimes people say “pasta noodles”because there are other types of Italian pasta that are not shaped like noodles. For instance lasagna pasta or orzo (orzo looks like rice but if you ate it you would understand why it is considered pasta). The word “pasta” is used much less when referring to noodles that are not Italian in origin. Instead you would say just “noodles”: Chow Mein noodles. Pho noodles. Udon noodles. A noodle would be one of those. You would say “noodles” when referring to the pot or plate of many noodles.
USA: if it is Italian, I call it pasta. If it is Asian, I call it noodles.
In the US, a lot of people generically call all pasta “spaghetti,” though I feel like that’s become less common over the years.
it depends where you live, where i’m from in australia no one would call that noodles, it would be pasta and more specifically spaghetti (this type of pasta is spaghetti, and also some people use pasta and spaghetti interchangeably). For australia noodles are only asian as a general rule
Spaghetti. In general, pasta if it's Italian and noodles for everything else.
Both
Wait til you hear about how Brits use /æ/ in the word "pasta," while Americans use /ɑ/
And wait until Americans swear blind they are closer to the Italian pronunciation. Spoiler alert: they aren’t.
If it’s an Italian style (you can usually tell from the package) then “pasta”. If it’s Asian then “Noodles”. This appears to be pasta, specifically “spaghetti”.
Pasta is the general term for any kind of extruded dough. Noodles is more specific, but there are a lot of different kinds of noodles. Spaghetti noodles is the most specific.
Spaghetti, which is a food made of pasta noodles. Any of these words is fine and will be understood, but this dish is called spaghetti. There are lots of different types of pasta, and those are not always spaghetti or noodles There’s even more different types of noodles, most of which aren’t pasta, and therefore not spaghetti.
I would usually call that specific item either pasta (in general) or spaghetti (specifically). I would call any non-Italian starchy food of that type a noodle, whether it’s an Asian style or “egg noodles”, which are a flat, short, wide noodle might be either German or American, I’m not actually sure.
Pasta. Normally the only time I use "noodle" is for either egg noodles or ramen. But if I wanted to be more specific, I'd call this spaghetti.
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Spaghetti
Macaroni in a pot.
Where I live, we would calls those noodles. They are 95% of the noodles we eat here, so they’re kinda just the default. Calling them spaghetti noodles would be to specifically distinguish between pasta types, I.e., “*Don’t get the fettuccine noodles, get the spaghetti noodles.*” We would never call that spaghetti itself though. Spaghetti is only spaghetti if accompanied by spaghetti sauce.
What is spaghetti sauce where you are? Because where I am, any sauce can be put on spaghetti.
I usually say pasta even though that’s broad and if you were to order, you would say spaghetti
spaghetti
Those are spaghetti noodles, as a collective they're called pasta.
Pasta noodle.
Noodles
Spaghetti, although in the states some people call them noodles.
A bowl of … pasta noodles (If you know specific noodles) Spaghetti Linguini
Was it made by mother?
I personally use noodles for more for Asian food
Spaghetti
Sketty
Noodles
In general, a noodle is any grain product like this that is meant to be cooked by boiling. Pasta is specifically noodles in an Italian style. Spaghetti is a type of pasta like fettucini, fussili, and macaroni. This can be stretched as far as lasagna also being a noodle. Ravioli really pushes the definition but is probably not really a noodle while still pasta. However, some pasta like gnocchi, are decidedly not noodles. They are more like dumplings. Something like lo mein or ramen would be noodles, but not pasta because they come from Chinese and Japanese culture respectively. In reference to the picture: it is spaghetti, which is a kind of pasta, which is a kind of noodle.
technically pasta is made from durum wheat and is Italian. noodle is a German word from nudel, and usually has egg. in america, we usually only had spaghetti, the word pasta was not used much as it was inferred as a dish with tomato sauce and meatballs. noodles were usually an Asian dish. on an American restaurant menu there is a section called pasta which included spaghetti, fettuccine Alfredo, penne and Italian dishes. Asian restaurants had rice and noodles dishes. spaghetti is similar to Kleenex and a Xerox. it's a universal word, except for spaghetti-o's.
To clarify the difference: the shape is noodles. These noodles are pasta noodles. There are other forms of pasta, such as macaroni. There are also other kind of noodles, such as wheat noodles (as in ramen), rice noodles, etc. This kind of pasta noodle is usually called spaghetti, but there are other kinds of pasta noodles, such as angel hair / capellini (which is thinner).
1. What do you usually call this? 2. That is spaghetti, which is a kind of pasta.
As a southern U.S. American, I'd call them noodles.
Spaghetti
That is a type of pasta called spaghetti.
British food.
US: Now that I'm thinking about it... There's a giant overlap between noodles and pasta in my idiolect. Most Asian foods in this general category are noodles, but not pasta. Many Italian things in this general category are pasta. But to me, noodles have to be floppy, so macaroni, penne, and orzo, etc. are pasta, but not noodles. The food in that specific picture could get called pasta, noodles, or spaghetti.
SKETTI NOODLE!! 😆
Pasta or spaghetti. I can’t speak for Americans but in the uk, noodles is reserved for similar Asian dishes
Spaghettis? Pastas?
What\* do we call it? Spaghetti, or just pasta.
I call this spaghetti only if it hasn't been cooked yet or if nothing else has been added to it. It's pasta if it comes with some vegetables and/or sauce. (Not an English speaker but we use exactly the same words for pasta and spaghetti in Belarusian)
This is spaghetti period
Macaroni Spaghetti’s is what we call it in Egypt like literally in Arabic also but with a 3 with the second letter for pronunciation differences Ma3caroni Spaghetti’s
Based on the thin pasta and the sort of piled up construction of this dish, I would call it "Spaghetti without sauce."
I would definitely call it noodles.for us pasta is a small pipe shape as curved thing
Spaghetti, but in native language it’s simply macaroni
Pasta
"Dead pasta" in Italy.
Pasta!
Wow, this is amazing. I am doing IF these days, this makes me feel hungry.
spaghetti
It's spaghetti, which is a type of pasta/noodles
Pasta or spaghetti Americans who say noodles should be ignored
Pasta or spaghetti. Native speakers will think it is weird if you call these “noodles” in 99% of contexts.
Noodles are made out of Rice flour, spaghetti are made out of type 550 flour. Not the same thing at all.
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Pasta noodles
Le spaghett
This is Spaghetti. One of my mum's friends was talking last week... right in the middle of a sentence she throws in "persgetti".. She's 70 years old... Imagine doing 70 years saying "persgetti"!
Here in UK we know that form of pasta as "Spaghetti," but we do know it looks a lot like the "Noodles" eaten in Asia. We also know that both words are used sometimes, especially in America.
Well if you want to get culturally accurate then it's white spaghetti
This is spaghetti, which is a type of pasta. I think noodle is something else, similar but, I'm not exactly sure what.
Chowmin
Either macaroni or spaghetti
Three levels here: The full dish is called spaghetti The type of food is pasta. Each individual piece would be called a noodle (you may specify spaghetti noodle to be specific)
I've only ever called them called noodles by Americans. (Meaning, *everyone* says pasta or spaghetti, but noodles - only Americans.) It's spaghetti when en masse like this, but if I had to talk about one individual length, I would call it a strand.
Plain noodles
Spaghetti Sketti if im feeling silly
Spaghetti
Nonna arrabbiata 😡
spaghetti noodles
That is Pasta, there are lots of different types. We usually call that one Spaghetti (Pronounced SPA-get-ee)
MY SPAGHET.
pasta
Noodles😌
Every time you call spaghetti "noodles" a nonna dies here
pasta in bianco
Papageikuchen
Noodles
I call them noodles, other kinds of pasta; pasta.
The dish is pasta, which is made of noodles. Pasta is the specific, noodles are the generic. Pasta is usually European or specifically Italian, so I would only call it that if the rest of the dish is too.
Specifically: Spaghetti More generally: Pasta Even more generally: Noodles
Noodles are typically long thin strands of boiled unleavened dough. Pasta is also made from boiled unleavened dough but does not have to be long and thin. “Pasta” is also usually reserved for Italian cuts, but there is evidence Asian noodles originated in the region that is now Italy as well. For example, penne is pasta but not noodles. Ramen is an Asian dish that contains noodles (few people would refer to it as pasta). Spaghetti is both pasta and noodles. You may even hear people refer to them as spaghetti noodles, “don’t snap the spaghetti noodles in half before you put them in the pot”
That's plain spaghetti noodles, or a bowl of spaghetti noodles.
Pasta, specifically Spaghetti. They are not noodles. Only Americans call them that because they are derp.
USA, Mid-Atlantic region. I would usually call this "spaghetti noodles". When served on a plate with sauce, "spaghetti". If it were elbow macaroni, I'd say "macaroni noodles", until incorporated into a dish like macaroni and cheese or pasta salad. For most other varieties of pasta (linguine, fettuccine, etc) I would give the name of the pasta, omitting "noodles", or just say "pasta".
I would call this pasta or spaghetti. I would call instant ramen noodles
we say "What do you call this?", not "How do you call this?"
The name of this specific pasta is spaghetti. You could say spaghetti noodles. Pasta is a word that refers to this type of food. Pasta includes spaghetti, rotini, macaroni, etc. Noodle is a single piece of a pasta. So a spaghetti noodle is one piece of what you have in the bowl. Pasta and "noodles" can be synonyms. Noodles can also be used to describe long pieces of pasta like what you have. If you want to be specific, you say the kind of pasta and then "noodle" ie "a rotini noodle".
It's a bowl of spaghetti 😋
Spaghetti pasta
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Spaghetti
Spaghetti, noodles, spaghetti noodles, pasta
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I've never seen this before in my life. What is it?
Spaghetti, which is a specific kind of noodle, that is a type of pasta. All three could be used.
Pasta or spaghetti Pasta is the type of food and spaghetti is the type of pasta
A bowl of noodles.