why does the shape of pasta effect the taste?

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Answer 1

Not only the shape of the pasta itself, but the tool (called the die) used to mold the pasta affects it greatly, which influences how well sauce will stick to it.

Bronze dies will produce rough surfaces on the pasta that lets it grab on to sauce very well.

Teflon-based dies will product a much smoother surface. As a result some kinds of sauces will not stick as easily, but makes it more palatable to other kinds of sauces instead.