Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.
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- noun A kind of hand-rolled
pasta , like thickspaghetti , fromSienna .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On one fide it has four charaders of the great King of China* This money is called pici t* In our commerce with the Borneans for a cathil of quickfilver, they gave us fix china bowls* The cathil weighs two pounds |.
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Add pici to sauté pan and cook 1 minute more on high heat; add a little pasta water to loosen the sauce if needed.
The Shape of Summer Pasta Katherine Wheelock 2011
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Cook 1 pound pici in boiling water until al dente and drain, reserving a little of the water.
The Shape of Summer Pasta Katherine Wheelock 2011
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Add 1 pound bucatini or pici to the boiling water.
The Shape of Summer Pasta Katherine Wheelock 2011
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Certain flour-and-water pastas, such as orecchiette from Apulia, pici from Tuscany, and trofie from Liguria, to name a few, are still often made by hand, although they usually are not made entirely with hard-wheat flour.
How To Cook Italian Giuliano Hazan 2005
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Its classic pairing is with pici, the thick handmade spaghetti typical of Tuscany, but it is also excellent with rigatoni, shells, or any short stubby pasta with a cavity for catching the sauce.
How To Cook Italian Giuliano Hazan 2005
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When done it is removed from the stone by the naked hand and is rolled or folded into loaves which makes their prized pici bread.
Arizona Sketches 1887
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Evening meals will begin with a pasta-based 'primo' such as pappardelle al cinghiale wild boar, pici al sugo Toscana, a local pasta with a thick meat sauce, or strozzapreti, a spiral pasta which literally means 'strangled priests'.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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An appetizer portion of farro pici $19 was served without any flourish - a pile of thick, chewy pasta in the center of a bowl, curled around irregular chunks of savoy cabbage and barely covered with wild boar sugo, a thick dusting of provolone cheese and airy pieces of fried pork rind.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Michael Bauer 2012
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Evening meals will begin with a pasta-based 'primo' such as pappardelle al cinghiale wild boar, pici al sugo Toscana, a local pasta with a thick meat sauce, or strozzapreti, a spiral pasta which literally means 'strangled priests'.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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