Source: Saveur
Carbs may be persona non grata for some personae but if I have to do a little extra exercise, or accept that my spare tire will be a little more inflated, I’m okay with that because there are many things I won’t do without and pasta is one of them. Or rather the many varieties of pasta, and thanks to 3-D printing there are even more varieties of pasta. I’m pretty sure the question of why there are already hundreds of varieties of pasta, mostly regional could be the subject of a whole book. Heck, last year a journalist did a deep dive into why there was a shortage of bucatini, which, in spite of my love for pasta, I never even noticed, maybe because there are so many varieties, and finally got an answer this year.
And then there’s Barilla’s annual 3-D pasta printing contest that invites people to enter designs that couldn’t be made by hand or even conventional pasta machines, like this pasta galaxy:
Source: Saveur
It represents the possible future of food that doesn’t just look good but could be better for us, which seemed like a good excuse for me to bring out this palate-cleansing pop quiz:
Musical term or pasta?
- Fusilli
- Abbellimenti
- Pappardelle
- Pizzoccheri
- Villotta
- Lamento
- Mafaldine
- Rigatoni
- Bamboula
- Tutti
- Obbligato
- Zimbalon
- Farfalloni
- Jongleur
- Passacaglia
- Lumaconi
- Mandala
- Orecchiette
- Quadrefiore
- Funiculì
- Ricciutelle
- Quadrettini
- Sacchettini
- Tortelloni
- Epithalamium
- Gnocchi
- Spatzle
- Malagueña
- Bucatini
- Logorrhea
Each answer is worth 1 point.
1-10 points: Great job guessing!
11-20 points: Your music appreciation/cooking instructor is somewhere saying, “Thank goodness something got through.”
21-30 points: We’re coming to your place for dinner and/or a concert.
Answer key below the video.
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Oh, you showed the Seinfeld clip! I can never think of pasta without hearing Kramer: “Because you’re silly.”
Kramer’s line always cracks me up and every time I think of it I wonder what other pasta statues he would have made. Perhaps a ravioli with squid ink for George since he’s dark and keeps so much inside.
This test was completely in my wheelhouse, Chris, and aren’t wheels a kind of pasta and house a kind of music?
That’s a very interesting question, and while you’re correct on both counts I now wonder if house could be a kind of pasta and wheel a kind of music.