Talk:Orzo

message: how big is a pine nut? - [unsigned]
:It's about the size of a rice grain. - [anon]
::No, it's not. See the article on pine nuts. If they were the same size, the article would not have mentioned them both. The measurement is imprecise, but given that many companies (and individuals for that matter) make risoni/orzo, there is no specific "perfect" size; pine nuts also vary a bit in size, so the comparison is arguably an apt one. That said, if someone wanted to replace that with an approximate measurement in mm (and inches) I would not object, as long as it's clear that its approximate. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 18:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Pine nut size

message: This article should be split-part about the pasta, part about the drink. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 16:27, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split proposal 

message: I have moved the article again, as the first was an undiscussed move, and when Googled, there are about 1,200,000 Google hits for orzo, compared to about 38,900 for risoni. That being said, thanks for your cleanup of this article. --Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 12:36, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't really care what name the article is at as long as as the two meanings of "orzo" are disambiguated. I've rewritten the article again, since the text of it no longer made sense after the move from risoni to orzo (pasta). I don't think the Ghits are particularly meaningful, because the English-language Web is overwhelmingly dominated by American voices, and so is recipe publication, resulting in a double-whammy skew effect, but no big deal really. Anyone looking for the pasta under either name will find it. I'll go and redir the Greek and Turkish names (with and without diacritics) to orzo (pasta) as well. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 18:55, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Renaming

message: Isn't Italian rice something else, a rather small breed of actual rice?  Orzo only looks like rice.
99.254.36.133 (talk) 07:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Italian rice?

message: Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 21:48, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional citations

message: I'm dubious about this "known as risoni outside the Western Hemisphere". In the UK I think it's called risoni, which is technically in the Western Hemisphere - is it called orzo throughout Latin America? It seems to me that "Western Hemisphere" really means North America. It's a minor point I'd like to see more precision about where the terms are used.Gymnophoria (talk) 14:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Risoni & Western Hemisphere

message: I have difficulty with a single reference to the Latin hordeum for barley as the root for orzo when orzo obviously looks like rice and the Latin generic name for rice is Oryza.  Any reason for accepting hordeum over Oryza? 96.35.164.102 (talk) 22:49, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: It's written here that the Israeli ptitim is usually spherical. That's not true - actually in Israel both spherical ptitim and rise shaped are common. 
Actually, you can find them on the shelf standing near each other, one with the sub-caption "orez" (means rise) and the other with the subcaption "cuscus" (means couscous), but both are the same taste and way of preparation.  Shilog (talk) 17:21, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ptitim 

message: I'm very surprised to see there isn't yet an Italian version of this article - or perhaps there is one, but not linked to the rest (as quite often happens on Wikipedia). Perhaps the confusion over the name is to blame - since 'orzo' is Italian for barley, I can't imagine this type of pasta is known as 'orzo' in Italy. So I looked in the list of language versions - and Italian is missing.213.127.210.95 (talk) 14:54, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian version?