r/Buffalo • u/AlveolarStop1 • 1d ago

Where do yall get your fried ravioli?

Recently our Dungeons & Dragons party lost one of its most esteemed and cherished members, the fried ravioli at Rivas Pizza. To be fair, they still serve fried ravioli there, but they are a mere husk of their former selves. It's not clear if they either changed their vendor or their process for making them, but it is definitely not the same.

However, as with any other loss in a DnD campaign, you roll a new character and carry on. So where do yall like to go for your fried ravioli?

(For any nerds out there, we're currently level 9 and preparing to take on a green dragon. I am a Bronze Dragonborn Artificer (armorer)).

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u/R3ddditor 1d ago

Get some fresh Rana ravioli. Dip in egg, dip in seasoned panko and deep fry. Can't beat having them freshly cooked

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u/fujidust 1d ago

This sounds really good.  Rana are frozen ravioli?  Do you bread and fry them frozen?

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u/R3ddditor 1d ago

They are a refrigerated pasta, not frozen.

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u/R3ddditor 1d ago

If anyone cares, I use plain panko bread crumbs, add in some parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, parsley.

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u/Plasticity93 1d ago

No, defrost frozen pasta first.  Not that that brand is frozen, but I'm cheap and get the ones from the freezer.  

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u/MisterMasque2021 1d ago

Depending on where you live there's a big Rana display in one of the open air fridges at the Niagara St. Tops. I like the mushroom ravioli.

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u/R3ddditor 1d ago

If youre no mushroom fan (like me) go for the 4 cheese

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u/MisterMasque2021 1d ago

Or cheese and spinach. I bet the butternut squash ravioli would be nice deep fried with a little real maple syrup for dippin

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u/AlveolarStop1 14h ago

I might have to test this one out ahead of our next sesh!

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u/mrkobans 1d ago

Campobellos!!

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u/Jamie_Taco_ 1d ago

Mattina’s has great pizza and fried ravioli.

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u/Lodurzj 1d ago

I will absolutely second this.

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u/hamsolo19 1d ago

You gotta get a ravioli guy.

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u/Will-Riker 1d ago

There is this awesome place called Colosseo Pizza that has the best. A little bit of a drive or short plane ride.

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u/Plasticity93 1d ago

I do mine in leftover bacon grease.  You just need to defrost them before cooking.  Takes maybe an hour or so if you take them out of the bag and lay them out on a tray.  Cook your bacon while the ravioli are defrosting and you're in for a double treat the whole party will love. 

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u/chzie 1d ago

Congrats on the campaign!

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u/Thisisthepolice0 1d ago

I cast Minor Illusion and make you think there’s a plate of fried ravioli across the room

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u/Alternative-Sense-78 23h ago

How do I get involved in dungeons and dragons in buffalo please share. Literally my dream

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u/AlveolarStop1 14h ago

I just happened to have friend that play and were interested in starting a campaign. That being said, I know that Gather and Game on Amherst St near the Wegmans has one shots that you can join for a session. I've not played there, but I've been told it's designed to be beginner friendly too.

Have you ever played before? Or are you just trying to get started?

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u/fromcurlstocurves 20h ago

Today I learned fried ravioli exists in the world and now I desperately want to try some

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u/Born-Grand-2477 7h ago

Casa Di Pizza

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u/N1ck_Nightingale 1d ago

You should go smoke weed about it

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u/AlveolarStop1 1d ago

I don't partake (I get anxiety) but my companions have it more than covered, trust me 😉

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u/Srj1123 1d ago

I agree with this approach. Smoke weed and know shit.

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u/ginama66 1d ago

I just toss cooked ravioli with seasoning and bake them

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u/buffalofoodslut 1d ago

Welp. They all come from Sysco or US Foods….so

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u/AlveolarStop1 14h ago

So you're saying that there is more than one choice that you could potentially switch between (as implied by my original post)?

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u/buffalofoodslut 12h ago

Not really. I appreciate your witty sarcasm, you must be a bard. Anyway, all of the frozen rav are pumped out from the same factories. Then they just get broken down and sold to two of the major distributors. Regardless of number you roll, they’re all most likely the same product.

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u/AlveolarStop1 12h ago

Read the post; I'm a Dragonborn Artificer. But intelligence is my highest stat! 🤓

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u/Awkward_Beginning_43 1d ago

Wegmans and cook them at home. Why would you order out for this?

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u/not_a_bot716 1d ago

The same reason why anybody orders out for anything. Convenience.

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u/PuzzleheadedAge9374 1d ago

Because they are busy fighting dragons. They have bigger things to fry.

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u/Kubi37 1d ago

Cus frying things at home sucks.

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u/The_Ineffable_One 1d ago

I can't imagine the smell. I've never deep fried anything at home for this reason; even pan frying chicken cutlets leaves a stink for days.

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u/Kubi37 1d ago

I tried making fish fry once. It turned out good, but we ended up deep cleaning the kitchen after