Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy
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#2"Futurism’s ties to fascism are not a thing to brush off lightly, but it’s also important to remember that Marinetti believed it was the artist’s duty to put forward a bold public personae. He lived to ruffle feathers."
Jesus christ what an abominable thing to write. Let me say something shouldn't be brushed off lightly while brushing it off lightly. Clueless.
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#3In HN, having (1930) in title implies this article was published in 1930.
Re: Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy
#4In HN, having (1930) in title implies this article was published in 1930.
Maybe something like 1930: When Italian Futurists Declared War on Pasta?
I have to admit, I was also expecting an article from 1930 being used to hn.
Though still an interesting article or at least i'd never heard about any of this before anyway.
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#5"Futurism’s ties to fascism are not a thing to brush off lightly, but it’s also important to remember that Marinetti believed it was the artist’s duty to put forward a bold public personae. He lived to ruffle feathers." Jesus christ what an abominable thing to write. Let me say something shouldn't be brushed off lightly while brushing it off lightly. Clueless.
> Let me say something shouldn't be brushed off lightly while brushing it off lightly. Clueless.
Marinetti was literally a member of the Fascist movement -- not "had ties with it", he was a legit, card-carrying member of the Italian Fascist Party, which he joined when the party he founded, the Futurist Political Party, merged with Mussolini's Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. He was one of the more notorious of Mussolini's supporters early on, and he literally wrote a book called Futurismo e Fascismo ("Futurism and Fascism") -- guess what that book was about. They didn't quite get along but Marinetti, like most Italian Futurists, remained a keen fascist supporter throughout his life.
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#6> the popular 21st-century view that heavy pasta meals leave diners feeling equally heavy and lethargic.
Pasta gets a bad rap unfairly, I think. A few years ago over the course of ~18 months, I lost 100 lbs. I ate pasta almost every day when I did this.
One problem, particularly in the US, is that portion sizes are so large. This affects much more than just pasta. But in the American mind, a serving of pasta is often easily 3x what it should be. A small plate of pasta, maybe pancetta, some cheese and an egg? Filling, but also can be light.
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#7> the popular 21st-century view that heavy pasta meals leave diners feeling equally heavy and lethargic. Pasta gets a bad rap unfairly, I think. A few years ago over the course of ~18 months, I lost 100 lbs. I ate pasta almost every day when I did this. One problem, particularly in the US, is that portion sizes are so large. This affects much more than just pasta. But in the American mind, a serving of pasta is often…
As an Italian, my experience is that I can’t have any satisfaction with less than 180g of pasta.
Therefore I only eat it like once a week and make it a little event. Growing up I had similar portions almost on a daily basis and I was never overweight. Trick: do sports. A lot.
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#8In HN, having (1930) in title implies this article was published in 1930.
That's true. I've cut it.
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#9> the popular 21st-century view that heavy pasta meals leave diners feeling equally heavy and lethargic. Pasta gets a bad rap unfairly, I think. A few years ago over the course of ~18 months, I lost 100 lbs. I ate pasta almost every day when I did this. One problem, particularly in the US, is that portion sizes are so large. This affects much more than just pasta. But in the American mind, a serving of pasta is often…
> One problem, particularly in the US, is that portion sizes are so large.
This is true for every food in the US.. (I'm an overweight French guy who eat too much but in the US even the "small" portions were far too much for me)
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#10> the popular 21st-century view that heavy pasta meals leave diners feeling equally heavy and lethargic. Pasta gets a bad rap unfairly, I think. A few years ago over the course of ~18 months, I lost 100 lbs. I ate pasta almost every day when I did this. One problem, particularly in the US, is that portion sizes are so large. This affects much more than just pasta. But in the American mind, a serving of pasta is often…
As an Italian, my experience is that I can’t have any satisfaction with less than 180g of pasta. Therefore I only eat it like once a week and make it a little event. Growing up I had similar portions almost on a daily basis and I was never overweight. Trick: do sports. A lot.
If you put a lot of fat in your pasta (e.g., guanciale) then you get filled with a much smaller serving, like 100g.