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Alexi Horowitz-Gazi.

Erica Baris, good evening.

Good evening. Do you have the stuff?

I'm going to answer you with a sound. Hold on a sec.

All right, that doesn't sound like a rigatoni.

You have a famously discerning year when it comes to pasta cups.

I don't think that's a macaroni.

I have in my hands a box of Dan Pashman's pasta and it says right on the top of the box,

cascatelli.

cascatelli.

Which means waterfall and Italian.

They do kind of look like waterfalls.

Like frilly little horseshoes.

We've been hearing about this pasta for what feels like years.

And Dan, who hosts the sportful podcast, has actually told us on a couple of episodes

about his quest to invent and sell a brand new shape of pasta.

And today, we're going to finally get to try it out.

Are you ready to do this?

I'm ready. All right.

I'm going to admit, I really, very rarely cook.

I may have just singed the microphone a little bit.

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