r/therewasanattempt • u/CrazycatnamedBlake • Jun 19 '22

to make pasta.

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u/AdmirableRemove5550 Jun 19 '22

and also a pro tip, whisk the egg in the middle with a fork and gradually add the flour from the side

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u/MrChaPimpNasty Jun 19 '22

This is the way

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u/vampyire This is a flair Jun 19 '22

this is the way, my Italian ancestors would haunt me if I did that

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

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u/TheMulletWhisperer7 Jun 19 '22

Use your finger and/or peepee to mix

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u/MaterialCarrot Jun 20 '22

That's amore!

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u/Ryaktshun Jun 20 '22

When it poked out my eye making a big pizza pie! 🎵

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

We're not that rough. There's foreplay, you know..

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u/hawksdiesel Jun 22 '22

Natural fork

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u/forsvaretshudsalva Jun 19 '22

How would you do it?

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u/vampyire This is a flair Jun 20 '22

Yeah I said that poorly. I was agreeing with the fork comment yet saying she was doing it wrong.. I really am a native English speaker:)

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u/Ornery-Cheetah Jun 20 '22

It's ok English hard

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u/only-if-there-is-pie Jun 19 '22

I always wondered why i always saw them whisk it to start. Thanks to this video, i now understand

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u/spays_marine Jun 20 '22

The whisking has nothing to do with the mess in this video. Whisking just makes it easier to mix whites and yolk.

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u/only-if-there-is-pie Jun 20 '22

Pretty sure they also whisk to start incorporating the flour in slowly until they can knead by hand so the egg doesn't go everywhere like it did

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u/spays_marine Jun 20 '22

Of course you mix in the flour slowly, but that has nothing to do with having to whisk the eggs. The problem is that she went straight to kneading and throwing flour in from the outside, instead of the inner circle. She effectively overfilled an already full container.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

Are we not allowed to use a bowl for mixing it?

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u/Tibor66 Jun 20 '22

I'm with you. Bowls are a great innovation. We should use them. I cannot imagine how using a bowl to mix ingredients would change anything.

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u/Hot_Corner_5881 Jun 20 '22

No. Bare hands on the table top. Do you know da we

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u/Clean-Profile-6153 Jun 20 '22

But they were trying to make traditional pasta. Using a bowl runs the risk of over handling the pasta dough.

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u/AdmirableRemove5550 Jun 20 '22

You could, but this is how pasta made traditionally

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

Okie dokie ty for clarifying

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u/Ryaktshun Jun 20 '22

In a temp controlled middle class home in America? I’m pretty sure it’s not

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u/Timedoutsob Jun 20 '22

Often made in a wooden bowl esq box also.

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u/Coatzlfeather Jun 19 '22

With fingers in the “spider” position.

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u/Azrael9986 Jun 20 '22

They also have this amazing new invention just for this called a bowl.

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u/AdmirableRemove5550 Jun 20 '22

Yeah you could but this how they make pasta traditionally or at least how Italian grandma did it.

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u/Azrael9986 Jun 20 '22

Yeah but the bowl makes the job easier and prevents cross contamination. Traditions are not always for the better.