“Fettugenie” is a jocular portmanteau word that combines “fettuccine” and “genie.” “What is Aladdin’s favourite pasta? Fettugenie” was posted on Twitter on January 4, 2012. “What do you call someone who grants wishes about pasta? A fettu-genie” was posted on Twitter on June 13, 2014.
A riddle was posted on Reddit—DMDadJokes on May 2, 2018:
Q: What do you call a Djinn with powers over pasta?
A: A Fettugenie.
Wikipedia: Fettuccine
Fettuccine (Italian pronunciation: [fettutˈtʃiːne]; literally “little ribbons” in Italian; sing. Fettuccina) is a type of pasta popular in Roman and Tuscan cuisine. It is a flat thick pasta made of egg and flour (usually one egg for every 100 g of flour), wider than but similar to the tagliatelle typical of Bologna.
Twitter
TofuTerror
@TofuTerror
What is Aladdin’s favourite pasta? Fettugenie.
6:59 AM - 4 Jan 2012
Twitter
Hans Fischmann
@hfischmann
And now a joke by my 8yo daughter…What’s Aladdin’s Italian Cousin’s favorite food? Fettugenie, of course!
7:58 PM - 25 Nov 2013
Twitter
stevie
@stepfrae
who granted the italian’s wish?
the fettugenie\
2:29 AM - 5 Apr 2014
Twitter
Stanley Yelnats
@AndreaHGibson
What do you call someone who grants wishes about pasta? A fettu-genie.
5:42 PM - 13 Jun 2014
Twitter
Geryuganshoop
@gooded_cheese
My favorite Italian dish is the one that also grants my wishes. I think it’s called fettugenie alfredo
10:15 PM - 16 May 2016
Twitter
Mike A
@SuperDinoMike
Hello. I am an Italian man that lives inside of a magical lamp and grants wishes. My name is Fettugenie Alfredo. #GreatTweet
8:43 PM - 2 Mar 2017
Reddit—DMDadJokes
What do you call a Djinn with powers over pasta? (self.DMDadJokes)
submitted May 2, 2018 by D4RKB4SH
A Fettugenie
Twitter
Gregory
@Kynaeus
Replying to @StephEvz43
What do you call a Djinn with powers over pasta? A fettugenie
12:07 PM - 8 May 2018
Reddit—Jokes
What’s a genie’s favorite type of pasta?
submitted July 4, 2018 by wasd_man
Fettugenie Alfredo
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