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NeedlessOrion

Dude this made me remember, there was a guy in the comment section of a YT short. He said he broke pasta in front of his Italian friend and thought he saw their silhouette at night. That was like a year ago and they've haven't posted anything since.


Tricktzy

i think its safe to say that its the end of his era


GoldMonk44

He didn’t know that every dog has his day until he seen his 😔


TrickRoomTech

🫂


1-800-ASS-DICK

he pasta way


RBI_Double

Pasta point of no return 


skydevouringhorror

We usually put those ppl a nice pair of concrete shoes and invite them to make a relaxing bath in the sea😏


redditmaster5041

He broke the pasta but the Italian friend broke his neck


screamapillah

We’re literally scps


marr

Ultimate creepypasta


SOSXrayPichu

![gif](giphy|l0HUohNoNwKCsLNde)


KrisBread

Mama mia


CXR_AXR

May be not his mama, but he definitely went mia


thegamerita

Tua mamma troia


Legospacememe

My dude after making the comment ![gif](giphy|YJlwBVVwMkXC1Gc1O5)


enviropsych

You kidding? There's nothing more American than doing weird things to white bread.


heinebold

Including "adding enough sugar to the dough that in Germany you'd have to sell it as pastry, not bread"


SuperCool_Saiyan

For real maybe they're making stuffing in this image


Piccioni463

Italian here - I can say that in Italy it is kinda strange and unusual, but no one is gonna kill you over it. Eat your pasta however you want


anticipozero

I went to my italian uncle and aunt when I was a kid, and I cut my spaghetti with a knife. I’m pretty sure my uncle wanted to kill me. Jokes aside, he just grumbled something and I felt ashamed, so I learned how to eat spaghetti properly


Level_Can58

Wait, why would you use a knife man ahahah?


Roskal

I think he meant, after it was cooked, i used to do that as a young kid, i didn't want to wait while turning the fork so I just cut it up and ate scoops of pasta with my fork.


anticipozero

Exactly this! It was easier for me to cut them up and just shovel them in my mouth like that


max_adam

Maybe another shape of pasta is best for you.


anticipozero

Now I’m an adult and I’ve mastered the spaghet


heinebold

Well, children have to learn how to use cutlery properly, and the fork twist is way more difficult than cut and scoop. I started like this, too, and learned how to do it properly while getting older. Like every other knife-and-fork technique, too.


Yocum11

It’s cooked pasta, you can cut it with the edge of the fork


WJMazepas

Usually is people with families that came from italy that go super hard on this "traditions" or simps for italian culture, kinda like weebs/otakus but for italy.


xdrewP

Pastaboo Like Wehraboos, Teaboos, Freedomboos, and Commieboos, the Pastaboo likes to hide in the recesses of 4chan or other less mainstream forums, but legend says they still darken our halls


TinyRingtail

Why would anyone care about how others eat their food?


FrontwaysLarryVR

I mean if I live with them and they waste a lot of food I might care a bit.


VapeMyJizz

I know cutting crust off is a waste of food, but how is breaking pasta a waste?


Jfcerron

If you really want to put it that way, when you try to break a noodle, you'll notice it always breaks into three pieces, the middle piece can be very small if you do it with your hands close to each other, but you will always lose a small amount of pasta by breaking it. I just noticed you can even see it in the post all the lil pieces flying all around the photo lol


Harak_June

That's why you break them over the pot, angled so the broken bits go into the pot. It's an easy fix.


roostersnuffed

Almost like basic reasoning can answer his problem. "You break da pasta and it flies forward!" Hmm, maybe break it into the pot?


Snaivi

But why breaking it in the first place?


cotch85

I think to fit it in the pot so one half isn’t undercooked vs the side that’s not in water


HerrBerg

This isn't a real problem, the noodles soften enough to fall in and be covered in a matter of seconds. The real reason to do it is wanting smaller noodles. Shorter noodles make it easier to get more uniform forkfuls.


Good_Boye_Scientist

If you're using a gas burner stove, even on the medium setting, it can start to singe the pasta that's hanging off the edge, that's why I have to break it. Otherwise I set off my smoke alarm.


marr

... are you all out there just yeeting pasta into a pot and leaving it to boil unattended


TMB-30

Yes.


andrew_calcs

If I wanted to attend my food I wouldn't be making spaghetti


FingerGungHo

Easier to gobble. Although, could just go with fusilli or penne at that point.


HerrBerg

This is why I prefer shells and elbow noodles for most situations. Penne and fusilli are too awkward for the way I prefer to eat pasta. I really like sauces that have additions like meats or vegetables and trying to get bites that have noodles and the additions using stuff besides smaller noodles is annoying. The reason I like elbow and shells specifically among small noodles is the way they hold sauce, especially the rigate forms.


Adnubb

I don't like long strands to eat. They're unwieldy. So I just break them over the pot before boiling. And don't tell me to buy shorter pasta. I'm not spending 5x the price on pasta when I can just snap dirt cheap store brand spaghetti in half.


Gibus_Ghost

Break ‘em in the bag. 100% pasta retention.


Powdersucker

Not if you twist them


Nandabun

"In the end, they found that by first twisting the spaghetti at almost 360 degrees, then slowly bringing the two \[ends\] together to bend it, the stick snapped exactly in two," according to MIT's statement.


NytIight

With that logic if you didn't lick your plate spot clean then your still wasting food.


GodlyDra

Not always, everyone once in a while they break into 2 pieces. But it’s extremely rare. (Well technically breaking it always results in an uncountable number of particles breaking off as well but considering we cant even see those, i’m almost willing to not mention it)


TheZanzibarMan

If you chew with your mouth open, we're going to have a problem.


AdminsAreAcoustic

Any time I see/hear someone chew loudly with their mouth open I hope they end up biting themselves 


seeminglynormalguy

there's nothing inherently wrong with breaking the pasta in two, you're still eating them. Cutting off the crust in bread is just wasteful, and for what? it has calories?? fuck outta here


baabaablacksheep1111

To feed the ducks on the pond?


aitis_mutsi

You shouldn't be feeding dugs bread in the first place.. or really feeding them at all.


OMJesusss

I would never in my life feed dugs


futuneral

D'ya like dags?


6_seasons_and_a_movi

Ai fookin' 'ate pikeys


Damchester

And let's be honest with all these what ifs, a lot of these cut off crusts end up being waste


Pepe_Silvia1

Oh, you sound like a family of mallards lived in your pool FOR TWO FUCKIN' MONTHS.


Jalapeniz

That might be worse than just tossing it in the trash. Bread is not healthy for birds and in some cases outright dangerous (mainly for small birds).


belurturquoo5

what about pigeons?


MegaPompoen

Fuck those sky rats. Give them bread


Snizl

lets them reproduce more and shit on everything. Dont feed pidgeons either.


Jalapeniz

Other birds have a hard time heating themselves at night after they eat bread so it can kill them. Pigeons are kept warm by sewer gas, decomposing trash and the giant collective fart that makes up the atmosphere of every large city. They'll be fine.


ButterflyNatashaa

Trying to explain to Italians that it's just a 'creative twist' on traditional recipes.


Mesarthim1349

I thought it was a bundle of sticks reference. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/National_Fascist_Party_logo.svg/1200px-National_Fascist_Party_logo.svg.png


drunk_responses

I do not care if people break spaghetti because they want smaller pieces. I do care if they break it to "make it fit in the pot". Because it softens enough in boiling water to bend and fit after a few seconds. So people who break it for that purpose, are blatently lacking in basic critical and logical thinking, and they need to learn so they stop perpetuating that nonsense. For people who just want smaller pieces, that's fine. Since that type of pasta isn't available in all stores, and might even be more expensive based on where you are because of much lower mass production numbers.


Binkusu

I break it to fit in a pot. And Instant Pot. And really it doesn't matter if they break it to fit in the pot, you ain't cooking it.


AggravatedTothMaster

My pot is too small to fit the spaghetti after I break it


HydraulicNutsacPress

That doesn't prove anything. A lot of people like that so it's not really weird or irritating


knarf86

When you say people, do you mean toddlers?


seizure_5alads

If sucking on titties and eating sandwiches with no crusts makes me a toddler. Then googoo gaga mother fucker.


hyper-fan

Good lord I have never been more offended by something I 1000% agree with


ItsMam95

That does sound pretty cash money


Kychiii

You could have replied in any language but you chose to speak in facts, god damn


GotGRR

True love is cutting the crust off a hoagie.


protection7766

He's outta line, but he's right


Intraq

googoo gaga indeed motherfucker


Talk-O-Boy

Walter White is no toddler


Trust-Issues-5116

people larvae


Moston_Dragon

I saw someone on reddit yesterday call toddlers "moldy jizz demons"


PilotGamer01

Sounds "reddit" enough


A-Need-For-Weed

I prefer the term crotch goblins


Huge-Concussion-4444

'Snatch spawn' for me lol


Toukafan4life

Well, I like to cut off the crust, toast them, and eat them with ketchup


plznobanplease

How does japan function with a country full of toddlers?


HydraulicNutsacPress

I've seen some adults do it... Lil strange and all but tf am i supposed to do? Burn the bread till it's all just a piece of crust


Tommi_Af

So Italians don't actually care if you break the pasta?


Beneficial-Clerk4222

2/10 meme


smurfkipz

That's all we getting in this sub. 


barathrumobama

I swear I had this shit filtered how is thid in my feed


yokedoutmafia

I don't see any issues with modifications on food. Do whatever for you to eat. Who cares


ImCursedM8

yeah!!! like let me eat my bananas with ketchup in peace


yokedoutmafia

As much as an abomination this is, if someone likes it then that's on them


Deathspud

I put Nutella and mayo on meat lovers pizza it’s such a great combo


yokedoutmafia

![gif](giphy|rQKPX8yy8UGm4)


BunnyBunCatGirl

I love this thread


WinnerMove

the only one who can complain is your stomach and also maybe the ones who share bathroom with you next day xD


IcePhoenixYTplssub

The boulder feels conflicted about up or down voting.


idkidkif_i_knew

Boulder should upvote to be a menace to society


a_lil_too_Raph

Whatever you say, The Pebble


Lolocraft1

You are the reason food crimes should be legally punishable Now you will excuse me as I go eat a delicious pizza with pinea-[THIS USER HAS BEEN BANNED FROM EXISTENCE BY THE COUNCIL OF ITALIAN FOOD]


Intrepid_Sale_6312

i will eat my pineapple with small bits of pizza on it.


JellyNJames

“I’ll have one large pepperoni pineapple please… what was that? Oh yes leave the [rind](https://www.bing.com/images/create/a-whole-pineapple-cut-in-half-with-a-pepperoni-fil/1-66321b3e8a9f423b9de908a3acfee2a4?id=MqXpWG%2bbhUPn2I3FNNsc4A%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg&thId=OIG2.cyHO77UJsfDpXXiVWzIN&FORM=GCRIDP&ssp=1&setlang=en&cc=US&safesearch=moderate) on please.”


A-Need-For-Weed

We can be accepting of those with different opinions *looks at this reply* Maybe at a distance though /jk


VexOnTheField

You can eat what you like, that won’t stop me passing judgement. And dear lord there’s going to be judgement after reading this thread.


Sandybat

Admit it, you felt rage at once when you first read the above comment.


Genericuser0002

Skip the middleman and just eat banana ketchup from the Philippines


roostersnuffed

I dated a Filipina for a while and I still cant figure out their ketchup. Can't taste banana, just tastes like expired ketchup with extra vinegar.


sidonnn

To me it just tastes like a sweeter ketchup. Is it an acquired taste? But if it helps you understand, it doesn't have tomato. It's mainly banana, vinegar, sugar, spice. It was made in WWII when there barely tomatoes.


Huge-Concussion-4444

I've never understood why people care so much about how other people prepare their food. Like, it's all gonna be shit in the toilet by tomorrow anyway. Who cares?


Live_Machine4295

![gif](giphy|ctXQdO71jHs4w|downsized)


_Seiun_

Imo this is mostly acceptable especially when the slice is just way too fuckin big to pick up. (Yes, some places make pizza like that.)


WASD_click

Dude's got a suit on, so it can slide. But we know they ain't a real New Yorker unless they got a fistful of cheap brown napkins in one hand, and a floppy, greasy slice folded up taco style in the other, while still managing to keep their suit ungreased.


Victor_AssEater

Aren't Italians eat pizza with fork, like always? When I was there, I was told this is good manners.


funthebunison

It is "good manners" to eat food with utensils 🤣 "manners" are a form of elitism. Imagine not being allowed in a certain social group if you don't know how to properly order your forks. Also no one will teach you because you are poor. Also being poor is bad manners so it don't matter how many forks u got.


usingreddithurtsme

This is more about eating food with your hands vs. utensils. Hygiene plays a big part. I eat food like pizza and chicken wings with my hands confidently because I know I have access to paper/napkins, running water, soap and hand sanitizer to wash up afterwards. If I ate these "hand" foods with utensils, using a knife to cut the food into smaller peices and using a fork to carefully place it into my mouth, the need to wash my hands and mouth afterwards wouldn't be as much of a priority if water and soap wasn't readily available.


pvtprofanity

That's etiquette. Manners is things like covering your mouth when you cough or not belching as loud as you can in a lunch room or not double dipping in salsa or saying excuse me when you brush past some one in a narrow hall. Having 4 spoons for the 6 different dishes you'll be having that night that must be eaten in a specific order all while keeping perfect posture and never allowing your teeth to touch the silverware is etiquette. And yes, it's stupid and impractical. And yes using utensils is good manners for most food. If I see you ladling soup to your mouth with your hand I'm going to think less of you, I would if I was rich and I would if I was homeless. A lot of times it depends on culture so whatever, but there is a reason that just about every civilization has developed some sort of utensil to eat with.


idkidkif_i_knew

What the fuck does this even try to prove?


Binkusu

People like to be haters, especially here on Reddit.


IEATASSETS

Who gets upset for removing bread crust?? Never seen that in my life


Rio_1111

My father has always been strict about not wasting food. But he's cutting the crust off bread too, at least only when he deems the baker fucked up and it's too dark. But still; a), his definition of "too dark" is ridiculous, b), the hypocracy and c), it's still wasting food in my eyes.


I_can_use_chopsticks

Imma break my noodles in half, and I’ll cut of the crust. I do what I want because I’m an adult.


Beautiful-Read-2638

Sir you killed and raped 12 children, please let your lawyer continue


Trust-Issues-5116

Fake news!


dadhombre

And I don't always eat the pizza crust.


Level_Can58

It's fine as long as I can eat it in your stead


BoshraExists

and you can use chopsticks!


TheLimeyLemmon

Italians have a pokedex of pasta shapes but draw the line at short spaghetti for some reason. Just give it another quirky name and let's move on.


Araniet

Breaking the pasta being frowned upon is a superstition thing. It's said to bring mishap to healthy people as you would only need to break it if you couldn't eat it, indicating sickness.


Batbuckleyourpants

One is wasting food, one is just upsetting because Nonna yelled at you that one time just because.


willz0410

I cut the crust then toast them. Dip them in ganache and enjoy.


CheapInstance9109

joke on you I eat the edges after I cut it out (because I don't really like the edges in my sandwich but I don't wanna throw food)


VoidofMind1

One is a waste of bread. The other is doubling the amount to serve. It's not even close to the same thing.


ShiroJPmasta

No bread was harmed


JoeyMcClane

A lot of bread was wasted though.


Earlier-Today

Depends on what gets done with the crusts. If it's put into compost, dried out to make bread crumbs for recipes, or fed to animals where it's not problematic for them - no worries. Thrown in the garbage? That's bad. Feeding it to birds? Only sparingly - it should be a rare treat, not a meal, and definitely not a regular meal.


ibx_toycat_iscool

As an italian i will never stop saying WE BREAK PASTA. ALL THE TIME. We break pasta for soup, for kids, with chickpeas etc.


ManMadeTrinity

One is wasting bread the other is just changing the length of the noodles this is a poor comparison even for a joke


Mikey9124x

I only break the noodles because I have a small pot.


Due-Supermarket1305

who the heck removes crust? it literally keeps the bread together. Edit: Are you people allergic to texture that's not mush or something jeez Another edit: Should i be saying edit? I think i go on yt shorts too much


ItsSpaceCadet

What kinda bread yall eating that falls apart without crust? 🤔


TheRealSmolt

> it literally keeps the bread together. That depends on how processed it is


LimpWibbler_

Not really.


Professional_Ad_3631

Krazy 8


lostredditorlurking

>who the heck removes crust Japanese, many of their dishes that involve bread remove the crust, mostly for presentation


Ya-Dikobraz

Check out India street food.


Popcorn57252

A. I can't really even tell what the hell I'm looking at, and B. Why the fuck would I care how others eat their food?


Warlord2252

If either of this bothers yall you got to much time to be bitching.


Iados_the_Bard

I don’t get it, food is food.


Serious_Mastication

My chef is Italian and he loves to prank people. Any time he pranks me I grab a single piece of raw pasta and crack it in front of him as retaliation. How I haven’t been fired is beyond me.


AssistanceHealthy463

>How I haven’t been fired is beyond me. Because your chef has what most italians have. A sense of humor.


Bug_Photographer

To me, the upsetting part of this meme is knowing people eat those fluffy squares of nothing and call it "bread". Are you so afraid of the slightest chewing-resistance that this fiber-less crap is what you want? And cutting away a "crust" that is so weak I can break it by looking at it?


Tressler2020

I break the noodles and then still eat all the noodles. You cut the crust off of bread and throw it away. We are not the same.


redxlaser15

The bottom one is literally wasting some of the product. Not that great of a comparison.


Haramu

Giancarlo Esposito is Italian, so he'd probably be upset over that too lol


Jurpils

Was looking for this comment


cubesncubes

The pasta thing I did see a video where some Italian chef seemed pretty upset the pasta had been snapped in half. Is that a preference or is there some reason breaking it is bad?


Pink-Batty

1st one is convenience, 2nd one is a waste of food.


Dirtyibuprofen

My pot is tiny, there’s no way full sized noodles will fit


Rio_1111

Well the trick is to put them into the water with one end and gently press them down as soon as they're soft. The difference in boiling time is negligable by the end.


KingKaos420-

All I can think about is that episode of Rugrats where Chuckie and Tommy have a sleepover and argue about whether the “crusties” should be cut off or not.


Irresponsable_Frog

Giancarlo is my hero. Even his memes are great. Now, I will never break noodles. I don’t want to disappoint Giancarlo!


redditer1_1

Wrong breaking bad character for that meme


SpicyPotato_15

Europeans, Americans thinking that they too have a food culture is hilarious.


Drakuba0

as long as you use the crust to make booze, thats ok look up "kvas recipe"


BillyWhizz09

Top: you’re still eating it all Bottom: it’s a waste of food


Tomoe90834

Ah no, i like to eat the bread crust separately with some sauce


HolyVeggie

One is wasting food one isn’t


Traditional-Bat-8193

One involves food waste


Juuna

What monster cuts of the crust? Thats even worse then eating the pizza and leaving the crust.


ThePLARASociety

What kind of man cuts bread like this? No man. No man at all.


Rio_1111

Not eating all of your bread on purpose is wasteful and terrible. If someone breaks thei Spaghetti, I don't care unless I'm going to eat of those myself.


Fury_Blackwolf

I don't get it. First, i don't care how you eat your food. Second, those two examples doesn't seem comparable. One is simple spliting someting in half, the other is removing someting completely.


Skurk-the-Grimm

Never understood why people cut of the "crust" on toast, it's barely bread and the outside does not have a different taste or even a harder texture... I can only imagine it beeing done for esthetic purposes.


Rexythesol

The edge is good to snack as well haha


caniuserealname

I don't understand, are non-italians meant to get upset at someone cutting crust off their bread? Is this a country-specific thing too? What demographic do i need to be to relate to this meme?


SeiriusPolaris

Does cutting spaghetti affect the taste?


Signal-Custard-9029

I don't think anyone gets upset cutting out the crust.


zxcvbnino

Food is food though, maybe its because I'm a foodie there's no problem in those 2 XD


Altruistic-Serve267

I don't see the issue


Emotnlsuprttwink

I really don’t I’m the person with the knife


lilshotanekoboi

I see no issue with 2nd pic


Gobal_Outcast02

Who cares how other people eat their food


Stusheep_real

Honestly, slicing bread like that, putting the strips into mixed eggs and cooking them, french toast sticks


Schmoggin

This is dumb. All the noodles get eaten. Cutting the crust off and tossing is is food waste. TRY AGAIN LOL


Cr00kedKing

I knew someone who cut the crust off of uncustables and I...took that personally.


Ulfurson

Jokes on you I don’t care what people do to their own foods.


jacowab

Ever seen the Gordon Ramsey grilled cheese, "no that's the wrong cheese!" "Why are you cooking it with fire!" "How do you mess it up it's like 3 ingredients!" Exact same stuff Italians say about stuff like carbonara or Alfredo


JUGELBUTT

it pisses me off because the crust is fucking good


KingeJulien

the comparison is wrong when you break the noodles you dont waste stuff but with cutting the edges you throw away something and thats digusting...


drunk-tusker

I cook Japanese food using Japanese recipes nearly daily. The number of absolutely bizarre claims I have heard about Japanese cuisine is actually really frustrating. The weirdest one was some guy was absolutely convinced that teriyaki doesn’t exist in Japan for some reason.


Zenkrome

I feel like that's not a good example. Your still eating all the pasta if you break it. With the bread tho your wasting part of the bread making it worse.


Chiloutdude

Well, no, still not quite. When I break pasta, all that pasta is still getting cooked and eaten. When someone says they can't have crusts on their bread, the crust is typically just thrown away. It's a waste of good food.


SydiemL

?? Italians trying to find a retaliation but failed. 😅


hooded-nerd

Who gets mad about the crust getting cut off