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wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I see… But wouldn’t that only effect the ends? Or does it start as a sheet and get cut into strips like fettuccine? But that would still only be the edges, right? What about something like linguine with a rounder cross-section?

I’m just not picturing it

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PeroBasta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Im answering with a video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8wZbNmdIKw

But no, usually pasta is pressed into shapes and then cut at the end

While being pressed against the bronze thing it gets rough on the edges and in the inside

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- wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I see. I didn’t realize the extruder die was the part that’s bronze
  
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Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Pasta is extruded out of what’s called a die: 1000186606

Normally this die is PTFE-coated on the inside to minimize friction, so they can run the machine faster and therefore make more money. This results in smooth surface pasta. In recent years they figuered out they can charge extra for pasta that that was made on a die without PTFE coating, because there is a myth that rough pasta holds more sauce (it doesn’t). This is marketed as “bronze cut” because traditionally the dies are made of bronze I guess

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- wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Ohhh, so that’s the part that’s made of bronze. That makes more sense. It threw me off that it’s called “bronze cut” and not “bronze extruded” but I get it now
  
  because there is a myth that rough pasta holds more sauce
  
  I don’t know, the Italian in this thread seems to approve of bronze-cut pasta. Not sure if the opinion of a German overrides that… (I jest, I have German grandparents)
  
  they figured out they can charge extra for pasta that that was made on a die without PTFE coating
  
  Honestly, PTFE has other issues though. It’s a forever chemical and can cause birth defects and cancer. For several years it was popular on cooking stuff for its non-stick and anti-scratching properties. I had a couple pans with it myself, and I loved them at the time. But that was before we as a society learned more about PTFE. Like asbestos and cigarettes, it became widely adopted before we knew enough to avoid it.
  
  Aside from PTFE, phenols (like BPA, BPS, and PFAS) are another thing that are really important to avoid, but commonly used in modern manufacturing.
  
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  - Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I watched a youtuber test it by dipping the pasta in sauce and then weighing how much sauce it picket up and there was no difference
    
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