Re:The Invention of a New Pasta Shape
by vanderZwan on Saturday March 20, 2021 @02:54PM
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> forkability
> sauceability
> toothsinkability
Today I learned that that suffixal semantic satiability exists
- Longer cut than most short shapes provides more fork insertion points, improves forkability
- Bucatini half-tube + ruffles create a "sauce trough" for max sauceability
- Bronze die extrusion creates a rougher surface, further boosting sauceability
- Right angles (rare in pasta shapes) resist bite force from all directions, maximize toothsinkability
- Slight variations in thickness + ruffles = multiple textures in each bite (which sensory scientists call "dynamic contrast")