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i made every type of pasta to prove a point

Sign up to Milanote for free with no time limit:  https://www.milanote.com/answerinprogress Sabrina always thought that macaroni, spaghetti, penne, fusili, and linguine were the only pasta shapes out there. Then, she stumbled on scoobi doo (cavatappi) pasta and learned that there are apparently over 1300 pasta shapes in the world. In this video, Sabrina partners up with Melissa to figure out how many pasta shapes actually exist, why they do, and whether there are more to come. THANK YOU TO FAMIGLIA BALDASSARRE FOR SHOWING US AROUND https://www.famigliabaldassarre.com/ SUPPORT US ON PATREON TO EAT THE CHEETOS MAC AND CHEESE https://patreon.com/answerinprogress SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz and Melissa Fernandes Video Editing by Joe Trickey Research by Austin Thompson Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz Sound Design by Joe Trickey Special Thanks to Leandro Baldassarre and the Famiglia Baldassarre team MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today using our affiliate link. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING The Encyclopedia of Pasta by Oretta Zanini De Vita Red Sauce: How American Food Became Italian by Ian MacAllen Pasta and Noodles: A Global History by Kantha Shelke TIMESTAMPS 00:00 this video is dedicated to my mom or scooby doo, idk which 00:34 how many pasta shapes exist 01:28 yelling at melissa until she explains why so many pasta shapes exist 03:27 support your local library 03:40 sabrina thinks melissa is wrong and will read a lot of books to prove it 04:05 shopping counts as research if you do it right 04:23 what makes pasta shapes different 04:47 thank you milanote (it’s FREE!) 07:02 declaring beef against the US FDA (delusional) 08:28 why there are so many pasta shapes 11:27 anti-penne pilled 11:47 melissa did not achieve her delusions 12:45 asking Famiglia Baldassarre for help 13:06 why only a few pasta shapes are popular 16:04 solving the mystery of scoobi doo pasta, kinda 16:32 back to pasta shapes 17:00 why i only knew a few pasta shapes 18:30 WHERE DO I PUT MY PASTA FACTS 18:43 testing if pasta shape actually matters 19:53 testing long semolina pastas 21:09 support us on patron for melissa’s health (opposition) 21:25 testing long egg pastas 21:40 testing factory-made semolina pastas 21:57 testing short semolina pastas 22:22 testing semolina pastinas 22:52 testing stuffed egg pastas 23:28 testing sabrina’s original pasta against the GOAT (bucatini) 24:28 have we run out of pasta shapes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! I really had to scratch my noodle for this one but I hope it surpastas your expectations. What do you call a plate of bow tie pasta falling off a skyscraper? Farfalle. Leave a comment with the word FAR to let me know you were here ;-)

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Malte Richert

I was wondering which one of you came up with this video. It’s framed like Sabrina’s video with support from Melissa but conceptually it seems much more up Melissa’s alley. Liked the collaborative spirit tho, very Group-projecty

STUAAAAAAAAAART

so, from "1300" to 50 shapes (i know i've oversimplified my read of the video aaa) has the thought of making a pasta terminology flowchart ever invaded your mind(s)?

David F

I loved the framing of creating the shapes as women expressing themselves (as they always have). Do you think that some shapes, like farfalle in particular, were in fact created as fun shapes for the kids, like an original artisanal take on dino-ghetties?

Judith

How many days do you think you can eat pasta until you are sick of it? (It doesn't have to be the same dish as long as it has pasta)

Adrian

what's wrong with penne????

Rachel How

this is one of my favorite videos! 🥹 when you plan your videos, do you film your experience on the fly, without knowing what the outcome of the video is going to be? (Eg. What if you couldn’t find the answer to why there are 1300 pasta shapes). Thank you!

Juan

I LOVE PASTA That being said, did you guys thought about the origins of paste beyond Italy, I always assumed it was related to asian noodles. Also, I love the concept of tricking Melissa into cooking a lot of pasta shapes but I am curious about to what extent was it real, I want to believe that Melissa got tricked into a rabbit hole by Sabrina.

Clinton Freeman

Too late! I had a question 3 days ago when I was the video on YouTube, but I can't remember what it is.

Clinton Freeman

Seriously though, The last video had Melissa sitting in cold water and this video had her cooking with boiling water. Should we expect a complete "Goldilocks" Melissa water trilogy?

Lyndsey L. Werner

I love this! I wasn’t expecting it to be a form of artwork, but it makes perfect sense! What other forms of art do you think were mainly for women that have largely stopped being considered artwork? (My first thought was hair stylings, even though it’s very much an art form.) Do you think you’ll release an Answer In Progress cookbook some day? For the sake of this question, “interperate cookbook” as loosely as you’d like. (Mainly for Melissa, but also Sabrina’s AI recipes, and maybe Taha’s tomato soup? Though I assume Taha’s is canned, but I wanted to include him.) I have actually always preferred dry pasta and my mom always insisted that fresh pasta was better so I was blown away learning about the regional differences and why they have such a different texture. (Slight side note: Hi Melissa! I hate beans as much as your brother and I want to like them, any tips? [Seriously, I don’t even like hummus. I think it’s the texture of beans that gets me, but it’s hard to say for sure.]) (Also for Melissa. Do you think you’ll ever do an ep on food preservation? I don’t know why that question popped into my head but it did…)

Sam Parsons

What the heck did Mussolini have against pasta?? Also, do you guys have any specific video goals that you're building towards (either as a group or separately), or is this more a seat-of-your-pants type thing? (for example maybe you always wanted to make a wildlife documentary or something on a particular underrepresented cause you feel strongly about)