Mission: ImPASTAble 9 | New Shapes From Old Places

The Sporkful

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4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The number one question Dan has gotten since inventing cascatelli is: Are you going to invent another pasta shape? The answer is probably not — the sequel is never as good as the original. Instead, he gets a better idea: find some old, obscure shapes that he loves, make a tweak or two, and team up with Sfoglini to produce them.

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0:00.0	Who invented this?
0:04.2	This is an old shape, but they only make it one specific, very small part of Italy,
0:08.8	and only once a year.
0:10.2	All I want to know is who invented it and where do they live?
0:14.4	They live somewhere in Sicily.
0:16.2	I thought it was a very old shape, so should we eventually be dead.
0:25.3	This is the Sporkfall.
0:26.3	It's not for foodies, it's for eaters, I'm Dan Pashman.
0:29.2	Each week on our show we obsess about food to learn more about people, and today we're
0:33.2	bringing you the next chapter of Mission Impossible by a multi-year quest to invent a new
0:38.4	pasta shape, actually get it made, and actually sell it.
0:41.8	Now, if you haven't heard the original series or the three updates we've run since, I do
0:45.3	recommend that you start there.
0:46.8	During your podcast feed, they're all labeled Mission Impossible.
0:49.8	Now, this episode here picks up one year ago, January 2022.
0:55.0	All right, you ready?
0:57.5	Let's do it.
0:58.5	In the time since Casca tell you launched, the number one question I've gotten is, are
1:11.8	you going to invent another pasta shape?
1:14.3	My answer is always the same, probably not.
1:16.8	It was so hard the first time, and the result was so incredible.
1:20.4	How can I match that?
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