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Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Re: Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Post by jakear »

valleyer wrote: post #9
bamboleo wrote: post #8

If you’re looking for a TL;DR: People are using bucatini as eco-friendly straws, but uncooked pasta isn’t safe so the FDA temporarily blocked it or something.

The straws theory is mentioned, yes, but the article specifically details how the FDA action was based on the measured iron content of De Cecco's pasta, and it also discusses reasons for scarcity of other manufacturers' bucatini.

More interesting is that the FDA apparently never spot checks these sorts of things, so the claim is Big Pasta has some sort of axe to grind against De Cecco.

Re: Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Post by jakear »

prepend wrote: post #18

I can buy 20 pounds on Amazon for $40. I wish the author had addressed this solution to his perceived shortage. Is this some bad brand? Are all these brands sucky? Did the author forget to google for mail order pasta? Did all these companies in Italy not work out for him? This journalist needs a journalist friend to help cover his story.

Her.

The point of the article is in the writing more than the actual subject matter.

Re: Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Post by stellar678 »

foton1981 wrote: post #12

I am afraid this article will resurrect shortage even if it ended lately: I never cared about pasta shapes, but now I want bucatini. With 52 hacker news points there goes national stock of bucatini.

You can just make your own! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuWNKMy2yKA&t=239

Re: Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Post by jeffbee »

valleyer wrote: post #9
bamboleo wrote: post #8

If you’re looking for a TL;DR: People are using bucatini as eco-friendly straws, but uncooked pasta isn’t safe so the FDA temporarily blocked it or something.

The straws theory is mentioned, yes, but the article specifically details how the FDA action was based on the measured iron content of De Cecco's pasta, and it also discusses reasons for scarcity of other manufacturers' bucatini.

The straw theory doesn’t make physical sense. It would take a week to drink a soda through a noodle.

Re: Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Post by Scoundreller »

mewse-hn wrote: post #6

At the beginning of the article I was thinking surely there are more important things to write about, but it dives down a pretty absurd rabbit hole. Especially funny is when the pasta spokesperson begins commiserating that the reporter is making more work for them.

It's a good point though. Why/how is something unsafe for an American, but safe for an Italian or Spaniard?

Differing regulations and standards between countries usually makes no sense and just harms the consumer.

How is a Volvo made for the Swedish market unsafe on Canadian roads? EU and Canada recently signed a trade agreement so that they won't tariff eachothers' cars, but consumers still can't buy a car from a European dealer and have it shipped over.

Or vaccines. Why isn't there a global approval system?

Yeah yeah, everyone can point to an example where their regulatory agency's anxieties/delays/negligence prevented some issue, but fail to consider the impacts of all of their other delays/rejections.

Re: Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Post by baryphonic »

foton1981 wrote: post #12

I am afraid this article will resurrect shortage even if it ended lately: I never cared about pasta shapes, but now I want bucatini. With 52 hacker news points there goes national stock of bucatini.

The curse-blessing of getting to the top of HN has jumped the digital-physical barrier.

Which is more likely:

Error 404: Bucatini not found.

MySQL Error: cannot get connection to deliver Bucatini.

/me shows self out

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Post by [deleted] »

Scoundreller wrote: post #26
mewse-hn wrote: post #6

At the beginning of the article I was thinking surely there are more important things to write about, but it dives down a pretty absurd rabbit hole. Especially funny is when the pasta spokesperson begins commiserating that the reporter is making more work for them.

It's a good point though. Why/how is something unsafe for an American, but safe for an Italian or Spaniard? Differing regulations and standards between countries usually makes no sense and just harms the consumer. How is a Volvo made for the Swedish market unsafe on Canadian roads? EU and Canada recently signed a trade agreement so that they won't tariff eachothers' cars, but consumers still can't buy a car from a Eu…

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Re: Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?

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Post by baskire »

baryphonic wrote: post #27
foton1981 wrote: post #12

I am afraid this article will resurrect shortage even if it ended lately: I never cared about pasta shapes, but now I want bucatini. With 52 hacker news points there goes national stock of bucatini.

The curse-blessing of getting to the top of HN has jumped the digital-physical barrier. Which is more likely: Error 404: Bucatini not found. MySQL Error: cannot get connection to deliver Bucatini. /me shows self out

...or Http 420 / 429 slow down consumption requests for bucatini
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