Italians are said to be confused or upset by this latest incarnation of canned pasta made from pancetta and some non-traditional ingredients.
Would you buy it?
If I can find this, I might try it. Probably not more than once.
No. I see no indication they’ve solved the main problem with storing pasta and sauce together, which is the pasta basically never stops absorbing liquid and inevitably what comes out of the can is disgusting mush.
Utterly ghastly.
I mean carbonara’s whole deal is its fresh. Freshly cracked egg, cream, heated by the warmth of the freshly cooked pasta. Its not Bolognese sauce where it can be eaten the next day. The idea of eating it from a can is disgusting IMO
I agree. Ghastly. I cannot imagine how this could possibly be anything other than awful.
A prime example of just because a thing can be done does not mean it should be done.
I try not to be a food snob – and I’m a big fan of many good prepared foods, but my God, not that! Prepared tomato sauces, and some prepared foods in tomato sauce – especially when freshly made – can be good. And I admit that I’ve actually enjoyed well-made prepared spaghetti carbonara from a high-quality deli, prepared a day or two previously and refrigerated, not frozen.
But not even the finest ingredients of carbonara – which this certainly would not have – could not survive canning! Canned spaghetti carbonara made with crap ingredients sounds like Puke-in-a-Can™!
To each his own, but I don’t use cream in my carbonara. If you can temper the eggs correctly you don’t need it.
Nothing says “No Artificial Colors” like Pepto-Bismol Pink on Harvest Gold, does it? I’m hungry already.
The article quotes people who seem horrified at the idea of eating something out of a can, and yet this is a country that lives on Heinz Beanz.
Here’s an antidote to make you feel much better.
I would try it. I enjoy trying weird canned food, even though half the time it’s awful. I had canned haggis that was actually okay.
People add cream to a carbonara?
I mean, to each their own and if they want to do that then fine but just don’t call it carbonara anymore. It is something else.
Ghasty.
Anathema
Straight to the top of my list, joining Spaghetti-os with Franks RedHot sauce.
No, some of us are horrified at eating certain kinds of foods out of cans, namely those in which freshness and quality matters, which turns out to mean almost everything. But canned beans are a rare exception because they still produce an enjoyable product provided that (a) you use good beans to start with (e.g.- Bush’s Homestyle with bacon), (b) you sautee some white onions first before adding the beans, and (c) you add hickory-smoke barbecue sauce.
Whereas this puke-worthy concoction is subject to no such remedial enhancements. It’s just so wrong on a very basic level.
I question the authenticity of this particular Queen’s royal bona fides.
I question the authenticity of this particular Queen’s royal bona fides.
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How dare you question the “ tears of the pasta goddess”
Believe it or not, I like canned pasta in general. It is a “comfort food “. Spaghetti-Os, Beefaroni, Mmmmmm.
But Carbonara? Heh, my gf makes an incredible Carbonara, that she will lecture about as being the real, traditional thing.
If I procured this I would have to heat and eat it when she wasn’t home, then drive to a gas station to throw out the empty can. With my luck someone would see me toss the can and tell her.
I tried those products as an adult and found them overly sweet, which makes sense as they’re aimed at children. But this product isn’t.
If you have a GF who makes an incredible carbonara there is no need to stray. Count yourself lucky.
Ravioli(s). We used to say it plural+.
Kids🤔
Wish I could eat it occasionally, now.
I’m told it ain’t the same.