MetaFilter posts tagged with pasta

the red invasion

Armitage Shanks — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:01:32 -0800

Horror movie or pasta sauce commercials? (The company web site is a little odd, too.) [via]

Carbohydrate Loading

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:33:28 -0800

World Record Spaghetti Bridge Bala’zs Botka of Hungary’s Budapest Polytechnic set a world record by building a spaghetti bridge weighing 994.9 grams (2.19 pounds) that held 352.62 kilograms (777 pounds) before breaking. Hungarian competitors in the heavyweight division took the top six spots. YouTube link of the Hungarian team at last year's competition. Rules.

A little bit of unsmoked pig jowl goes a long way...

disillusioned — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:59:10 -0800

Everyone knows how seriously Italians take their food. So a debate about the origins of a humble pasta dish isn't any real surprise, though an appetizing read. Made with (formerly hard to find, state-side) Guanciale, (cured, unsmoked pig jowl), at least one proper recipe exists if you can find some to try your hand at it with.

Pasta Printer

mattbucher — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:04:19 -0800

The Fabaroni is a 3D printing machine that constructs 3D models with pasta dough. You've also got the 3D chocolate printer made out of lego. And Previously.

What kind of smart-ass comment is that?

airguitar — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:02:48 -0800

Steel Belted Romeos is based on a true story. (NSFW)

'Atsa one catchy-a tune-a!

grumblebee — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:34:47 -0800

The Sounds of Pasta

Origin of Noodleous doubleous

DevilsAdvocate — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:44:25 -0800

Evidence for Intelligent Design [via]

The pasta problem

Wet Spot — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:13:11 -0800

It was one of the great riddles of the cosmos. Along with black holes, the structure of space-time and the origins of the Big Bang, some of the greatest scientific minds have struggled with the dry spaghetti question. Why does uncooked spaghetti snap into more than two pieces when bent?