there are Spotify playlists for the exact cook times of different pastas
In an effort to ensure a perfect al dente texture every time, Barilla pasta offers nine Spotify playlists tailored to the precise cook times of popular pasta varieties. Curated as a more entertaining alternative to your everyday kitchen timer, the compilations debuted in 2021, blending both English and Italian music.
There are two playlists apiece for four different pasta varieties: spaghetti, fusilli, linguine, and penne. Each playlist ranges from nine to 11 minutes, based on recommended cooking time. The most popular (based on total followers) is “Mixtape Spaghetti,” which is 9 minutes, 3 seconds in length and includes hip-hop tunes from Jay-Z and Italian rapper Ernia.
At 19 minutes, 12 seconds, the longest playlist of the bunch is the only one dedicated to an entire recipe: “Absolute Carbonara.” This film-themed mix incorporates beloved tracks from Grease, Mamma Mia!, and Guardians of the Galaxy, and is tailored to the exact amount of time you’ll need to prepare a bowl of spaghetti carbonara from start to finish.
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The famous Italian violinist Niccolo Paganini was a great epicurean and pasta lover.
Most of all he preferred ravioli.
His dream, as he put it, was
“to live in the countryside, play duets and quartets and eat delicious ravioli”.
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Source credits: Bennett Kleinman, Food and Drink, Barilla
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I had no idea that there were food-related playlists! Then again, I have never had Spotify.
Best wishes, Pete.
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a couple of readers are going to try it out and let us know how it goes
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I think that is pretty cool! I have Spotify, but I never knew of these playlists! Will check them out!
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give it a go, and let us know how it works out
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How interesting 💞
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one of my readers is going to try it out and see how it goes
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How cool.
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😍🌏😎Wednesday night is my pasta cooking night, and I’ll give the songlist a go, Beth …
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ooh, let me know how it goes!
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that’s what I’m talking about!
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there you go!
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Smart companies for sure, helping buyers get it just right. I know, though, I like mushy, not al dente, Beth …
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yes, I’m more on team mushy myself, so might have to go into the next song
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Add a couple choruses for us mushy folks, yes, Beth!
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You find the most interesting ‘odd bits’ – thank you for making me smile!
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you know, I’m just fascinated by the odd bits of the world –
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Mr, too
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This truly is ingenious, very pragmatic but also such whimsical fun! There really is a playlist out there for anything and everything! 🥰
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so true, and someone took the time to figure this out! very clever –
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Love the concept. Kinda like listening to Dark Side of the Moon with the Wizard of Oz on the screen.
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nice!
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I would need a playlist for ordering fast food or making a peanut butter sandwich. Of course, playlists and Spotify are foreign terms to me anyway!
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so you would need some music on your record player to accompany you while you try to figure out what those terms mean and then when you hit frustration level trying to set them up, you could just hire a neighbor kid to bang on a drum outside while you make a peanut butter sandwich and I’m guessing the process would be pretty quick.
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Yes😎
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I’m not a big pasta eater, but this made me hungry!!! So, thinking of pasta tonight. . . linguine? spaghetti or ravioli??
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ah, and what music? )
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Aww
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The first that comes to mind is the music from ‘JAWS’ Guess it means I’ll be having seafood :D
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I usually buy Barilla brand pasta. I’ll have to try this next time I’m inclined to fix pasta.
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oh, do, and let me know how it goes
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I might just try that playlist!
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yes, try one out and let me know how it goes
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It’s good to have a life plan. :) I think it’s great to have music timed to food.
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I’m fascinated that someone thought of this
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Agree. Never would have entered my mind.
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Fascinating stuff. Maybe Spotify can turn me into a chef yet!!! Ha, ha.
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Maybe it’s the secret sauce!
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I have never heard this before, so clever. My mom was a piano teacher for decades I have to tell her this.
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she might find this interesting or funny. amaaingt that someone thought of it –
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What a brilliant idea! I’m always stunned by the fascinating things you know, Beth!
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thanks, I think so too, and I’m always stunned by stumbling upon the fascinating things that people have come thought of –
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This is awesome! :)
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pretty cool idea, isn’t it?
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That’s a great idea. I always lose track of time when cooking and sometimes forget I have a timer.
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this might be your solution –
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What a great idea.
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I love that someone thought of this
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Me, too.
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