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It’s pasta night… again. And, with pasta night, comes the stress and anxiety of portioning. Too much, and it’s pasta night tomorrow… again. Too little, and you risk an angry family in the throes of carb-withdrawal.
Luckily, the I Could Eat A Tea-Rex Spaghetti Measuring Tool is here to save pasta night. The tool has openings, one gradually larger than the other, so that you can get your pasta quantities correct every time. Again and again.
[link, via Incredible Things]
The possibilities for 3D-printing technology are endless. So, creating an edible typeface made from pasta seemed inevitable.
Monomyth, created by UK-based Sawdust, whips up a few sheets of pasta — then laser cuts it into an awesome font series, worthy of any spaghetti-related ad you might be working on.
[link, via designtaxi]
If you don’t know your farfalle from your fettucini, don’t despair. However, if you really couldn’t care less either way — about anything — then you might be able to relate to Pasta Shapes For The Depressed.
Created by artist Gemma Correll, the illustration comes up with fun names for noodles, for those who may have lost interest in pasta night. Just make sure to get the sauce right for your Downward Spirals.
[link, via That’s Nerdalicious]
If you’d like a fun, gravity-defying way to store your spaghetti — The Leaning Tower of Pasta is here to help.
Made to look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, not only will the large ceramic vessel store your long pastas, but the cork top has a measuring device to help ration out the perfect portions.
Have some friends over for pasta night, and they won’t be able to resist acting like tourists, while they pretend to hold up your pasta tower. That should be fun for about three minutes. Check it out here.
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YouTube member lavapix makes it a habit of placing contained food items alongside an active volcano — just to see what happens.
Next on the menu, canned ravioli. Now, does the can of Chef Boyardee actually cook? We’re not sure, as it just explodes all over the place.
On second thought, perhaps this should have been titled, “How Not To Cook Canned Ravioli With A Volcano.” My bad.