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Creating a New Pasta Shape: Challenges and Triumphs
TLDR A food podcast host partners with a pasta company to create a new pasta shape named Cascatelli, facing challenges with pasta physics, manufacturing delays, and high costs before finally bringing the unique shape to life.
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00:00
A food podcast host embarks on a three-year quest to invent a new pasta shape that meets his specific criteria.
03:26
To create a new pasta shape, specialized equipment called a dye is needed, with companies like D-Maldari and Sons being experts in designing and manufacturing these dyes for big pasta companies.
06:28
A plan to create a new pasta shape involves partnering with a pasta company to share costs and profits, with challenges arising from the production scale required by big companies.
09:54
A pasta company in rural upstate New York, Sfolini, partners with a designer to potentially create a new pasta shape, with the company's machine capable of producing about a thousand pounds of pasta per hour.
13:20
A designer proposes a new pasta shape to a pasta company in upstate New York, outlining a deal for ownership and production.
16:19
The pasta shape proposed faced challenges due to pasta physics and manufacturing delays, leading to frustration and high costs for the project.
19:37
The pasta shape named Cascatelli, resembling waterfalls, was finally produced at the factory after facing challenges and high costs.
22:59
The creator of the new pasta shape Cascatelli reflects on the intense journey of bringing it to life and waits to see its reception in the market.
