I just solved a family mystery I've had for years. My grandma's handmade pasta shape's name. She called it "cavatiel" but I could never find anything online by that name, and any similar shapes were called like, gnochini or something else completely different, and none were quite right in the shape either. Until now. Some random Instagram video of someone making pasta had me hoot and holler because it's called "Cavatelli", which is close enough to the word my grandma used and is identical in shape! I have no idea why she pronounced it weird other than she was Irish and not Italian (her husband was Italian) but I can finally stop looking for this pasta shape. I think I even posted on Reddit at one point looking for it. I can now go to sleep emotionally fulfilled
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in reply to @Donnie's post:
Italian immigrants that came to the US brought their colloquial, regional dialects with them. There was a push in the late 1800s to standardize the language, but of course only within Italy itself. The result is that by the early 20th century, the language spoken by the descendants of Italians was notably different from the language spoken by contemporary Italians. One of the most frequently observed differences is the omission of the final vowel, hence "cavatelli" would become "cavatell"
Not sure if this explains the discrepancy you mentioned, but it's interesting nonetheless!
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