Thursday, Feb 25, 2021 • 2min
Mission: ImPASTAble Trailer
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For the last three years, Dan has been on a quest to invent a new pasta shape, actually get it made, and actually sell it. And things have not gone as planned. Starting this Monday, March 1, we’re telling the story of this quest in a five-part series.//
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Dan Pashman
00:01
I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, spaghetti sucks.
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00:05
Thank you, yeah, oh it's gonna get real tonight, don't you worry?
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00:13
There are a lot of pasta shapes out there, frankly, I think a lot of them have issues, for years, I've dreamed of trying to do better. So on March 1st we are embarking on a quest.
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00:24
I am setting out on a mission to invent a new pasta shape.
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Speaker 1
00:28
Okay, good luck, there's pretty much everything you could think of.
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Dan Pashman
00:34
And I'm not just trying to invent a new shape. I want to actually get it made and actually sell it.
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Speaker 2
00:39
I think this is a fascinating project and I think it's going to be so much harder than you imagine it to be.
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Dan Pashman
00:48
We'll tell the story of this quest in a special series on The Sporkful that we're calling Mission: ImPASTAble.
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00:54
Not everyone is on board.
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Speaker 3
00:56
I'd love to help you. I'd love to take your money, but in all good conscience, I can't tell you that you're going to get anywhere with this idea.
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Dan Pashman
01:03
This project has been in the works for three years since way before
Covid
Early on in the series, I traveled to the first place you think of when you think of pasta - North Dakota
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01:12
You're separating the wheat from the chaft?
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Speaker 7
01:14
Yeah.
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01:14
I've heard about this.
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01:17
And I get inspiration from an architect who wrote a book about pasta shapes. What do you think the world of pasta needs what's missing?
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Speaker 4
01:25
Nobody knows the canon of pasta is open.
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01:29
Then I embark on the search for a pasta company to partner with.
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01:32
Because funghini is already on the shelves at
Whole Foods
. If you make our shape, can you just put it on the shelves at Whole Foods
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Speaker 8
01:39
No.
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Dan Pashman
01:40
And I refine my design for the new shape.
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Speaker 5
01:43
It's a complex noodle that you put together.
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01:45
I keep pursuing my dream, but new obstacles emerged, especially once
Covid
hits as problems mount, this project pushes me and my family to the brink.Share
Speaker 6
01:55
I don't have excess emotions to console you over the pasta project right now.
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Dan Pashman
01:60
I think I'm gonna cry. I'm not sleeping enough.
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02:05
Mission: ImPASTAble a five part series coming March 1st on The Sporkful.
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Speaker 2
02:09
Oh, I think you'll pull it off because if you don't, I will be relentless.
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