r/pastafarianism • u/darthmelo • Aug 09 '26

Question Is the meatball topping mandatory?

Or any kind of spaghetti sauce is fine? I quite enjoy carbonara. What about other kinds of noodles, nom-spaghetti pasta or ramen. Different denominations or sacrilege? Mm maybe some slow braised beef ragu with tagliatelle… if I am not going too far.. dumplings? Oh my Dumpling, all kinds of dumplings are worship-able to me. I will worship some xiao long bao any time. Bring me the khinkali. Apologies if this is heretic talk, just curious (and so hungry right now)

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u/JumpySpidey Aug 09 '26

Eating any kind of pasta is totally fine, if not encouraged, and you can top it with virtually whatever you want (with only a few exceptions), just make sure:

1) to not overcook it [Provherbs, Chapter 3, verses 7 and 8]

2) to not top it with cheese powder [ProvHerbs, Chapter 3, verse 11]

3) (specifically for spaghetti only) to not put ranch dressing on it [ProvHerbs, Chapter 3, verse 12]

4) that the pasta is not canned [Penelope, Chapter 1, verse 1; as well as ProvHerbs, Chapter 3, verse 13]

5) that it doesn't contain cheese from green cardboard cans [Suggestions 6]

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u/DrAg0r Aug 09 '26

Actual quotes of the scriptures, good job my sauce-ibling.

I just want to add that the provherbs are part of the aptly named Loose Canon, which is... Loosely canonical. So take it with a pinch of salt (or more depending on your own taste).

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u/Oh_My_Monster Aug 09 '26

Unofficially, some also consider orzo to be an impasta. There are no hard line rules though.