Spaghetti carbonara...in a can

[Alex]

I have no words. At least there's an ocean between it and us, for now. I wonder if there's time for Customs & Border Protection to add it to the banned items list.

 

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News that Heinz is launching spaghetti carbonara in a can has been met with horror in Italy, particularly in Rome where the classic pasta dish is most famously associated.

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The product, set to go sale in UK supermarkets in September with a £2 price tag, contains "pasta in a creamy sauce with pancetta" and "no artificial colours".

 

At first I thought the article was lifted from The Onion or similar, but, sadly, no.

 

Does any UK-based eG'er want to take one for the team? 

[Shel_B]

Chef Boyardee, Spaghetti-Os, and now this ... What's next, Pizza-in-a-Pouch?

[rotuts]

@Alex

 

interesting 

 

''   Italians on social media reacted with fury  '''

 

I really doubt it .

 

still , a free Kudos to the first person that actually sees this in a store.

 

 

 

 

[NancyH]

THAT. Does not make me hungry.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

23 hours ago, Shel_B said:

Chef Boyardee, Spaghetti-Os, and now this ... What's next, Pizza-in-a-Pouch?

 

By coincidence last night I evaluated Backpacker's Pantry freeze dried beef Bolognese in a pouch.  "Pasta, beef, and vegetables in an Italian inspired ragu."  Just add water.  Actually it was not half bad.

 

[rotuts]

CB

 

ravioli

 

w amendments 

 

ordinary cheeze

 

in the GE toaster oven

 

got me thro0ugh TradeSchool

 

and was delicious.

 

OK added a bit of dried oregano , and a lot of cheese

 

CB makes some things

 

one can work with 

 

and very affordable //

 

that was some time ago 

 

but CB had a very interesting history,

[JeanneCake]

I have a vague memory of my brother and I begging our parents to get Spaghetti-Os, we saw ads for them constantly on TV.  And our school friends talked about having them (and McDonalds too).  So one day, my mom bought a can, and we had it.  It was awful.  We spit it out but she made us finish the can since we insisted on having it.

 

Maybe through the wonders of technology, pasta in a can has improved in the last 50 or so years?

 

[liuzhou]

The Guardian's article on the same story lists the ingredients pointing out that in addition to the usual pasta and eggs

 

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 it includes pancetta, cornflour, skimmed milk powder, cheese powder, sugar, garlic flavouring, onion extract and dried parsley.

 

 

[Katie Meadow]

16 hours ago, JeanneCake said:

I have a vague memory of my brother and I begging our parents to get Spaghetti-Os, we saw ads for them constantly on TV.  And our school friends talked about having them (and McDonalds too).  So one day, my mom bought a can, and we had it.  It was awful.  We spit it out but she made us finish the can since we insisted on having it.

 

Maybe through the wonders of technology, pasta in a can has improved in the last 50 or so years?

 

I doubt it, given the list of powders and flavors.