Pasta water purist
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  • 2915 points Life-Oil-7226

    Almost gave the chef a heart attack

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    210 points GetOutOfTheWhey

    Dude had patience. Italian gran gran would've taken out the wooden spoon by now.

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    447 points Turbulent_Cost2058

    Almost dropped dead right there😭✌️

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    86 points slackfrop

    Yeah, he’d be taking at least one with him first.

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    46 points throwawayazguy1

    His heart almost had an artichoke

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    44 points NerinNZ

    I mean, sure. I get it.

    But the title says "Pasta water purist" and the prank was to put Ketchup in the water... and now I'm wondering if non-purists put Ketchup in pasta water? There are people who do this?

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    9 points MattieShoes

    I sometimes add stuff to pasta water, though not ketchup... Salt is normal, but sometimes I'll throw in some dried onion and garlic powder. Mostly a way to use up spices that are getting old, but it also flavors the water you add to the sauce.

    Pretty sure if you added ketchup to the water for regular spaghetti that you're draining, nobody would even notice. The onion, garlic, tomato flavors are gonna be in the dish already.

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    13 points laughing_space_whale

    While I agree in concept, but in my mind, the ketchup would taint the pasta. I know you’re right, but I hate it.

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    5 points TheCowzgomooz

    I wouldn't really be upset if someone did, I'd just think it's weird. People have all different kinds of ways of cooling the same things when it comes to cooking, so it would surprise me if someone puts ketchup in their pasta water for some kind of flavor lmfao.

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    1 points scalectrix

    It has nothing to do with pasta water apart from teh chef talking about it - he's (faking) putting it on the spaghetti.

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    1 points ReeceReddit1234

    Has anyone checked on the Italians?

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    1 points EvilLefty

    Almost gave the Chiefs a heart attack. Ftfy.

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  • 918 points E-_Rock

    His eyes almost popped out into the pot

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    56 points kweb1023

    Lol

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    -34 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    10 points AllHailPi1

    His eyes almost popped out into the pot

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    1 points reasonableguyhere

    His eyes almost popped out into the pot

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  • 985 points DragonSlayerC

    The chef was about to start crying

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    116 points SandmanKFMF

    About to start crying? That poor guy, he almost fainted!

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    34 points DinoBay

    Everytime I eat a meal with the in laws I want to cry. They put ketchup on everything .

    And they love mint jelly on ham. They think that is all mint jelly is designed for....

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    3 points usernamealreadytakeh

    What food is mint jelly usually for? I’ve only ever had it on lamb

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  • 258 points Natasya95

    His kitchen is sooo nice!

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    53 points keekah

    Dude's got like 3 or 4 ovens back there.

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    12 points Yggdrasilo

    1 for use, 3 for storage

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    7 points ThunderClanWarrior

    I AM A MAN WHO OWNS 5 OVENS!!!

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    1 points Professional_Gur9212

    r/beatmetoit

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    1 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    1 points WarmCurrency

    Jig-saw jazz and the get-fresh flow
    Pulling out jives and jamboree handouts
    Three ovens and a microwave

    (Happy Cake Day)

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  • 103 points solateor

    Slowmo

    Video:@andreaseskander

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    26 points andiinAms

    I didn’t even see the kid in the original

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    11 points Misophonic4000

    That "kid" looks 32 1/2...

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  • 87 points Talk-O-Boy

    That man exclaimed as if OOP was throwing his first born in the pot

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    11 points Sociolinguisticians

    “Throw the baby in the oven.”

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    2 points midna0000

    Happy to say I understood this reference!

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    1 points Butterfly_Barista

    Fun fact: assuming you were to use an average sized oven from 2011, and assuming the babies are cube-shaped and also average sized, you can fit 14.69387755 babies in an oven!

    Source: The terrible math I did in middle school, unknowingly using the formula specifically for cubes.

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    2 points Sociolinguisticians

    Somebody convey this to Cerys!

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    10 points tristen620

    Lol, first born are a washable and reusable resource, pasta water is special.

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  • 1089 points catinapartyhat

    It's nice to see an actual prank instead of the dudes committing crimes under the guise of "it's just a prank bro." Harmless and everyone involved, including the person pranked, has a laugh.

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    156 points crazykentucky

    Exactly. What pranks should be!

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    47 points Dynamite-Laser-Beams

    Confuse, don’t abuse!

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    -84 points SaneIsOverrated

    Do we have to read this comment every time tho?

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    89 points PukeyOwlPellet

    Yes until asshole ‘prankers’ understand

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    3 points maxiligamer

    I mean there's not a whole lot to understand. They probably know what they are doing isn't nice so it's not like telling them "hey that's not nice" will make them stop doing them. What you'd actually need to do is make sure they wont get money by doing the pranks which is a lot harder.

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    5 points Harlequin37

    Seeing their actions have negative repercussions on the friends and family they prank doesn't deter them but reading some guys comment on reddit will?

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    19 points PukeyOwlPellet

    Considering they value feedback from social media over their loved ones..maybe my dude.

    Now how fucked up is that 🙃

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    4 points Harlequin37

    Good point

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    0 points C_Hawk14

    Ah, but the fact you'd be commenting is just feeding the algorithm

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    4 points Chygrynsky

    Better than saying nothing tho because then it becomes the norm and those assholes think it's good.

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    1 points crazykentucky

    Fair point. Sometimes I think the same when I see repeated comments

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    0 points Shonnyboy500

    So with you. Every single time something is funny this comment is there 

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    27 points -Badger3-

    This comment is on every goddamn prank video.

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    -6 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    19 points Groxy_

    Wasnt quite a big "prankster" literally arrested for it just a few weeks ago? There's absolutely still assholes prank channels. 

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    8 points hates_stupid_people

    One of those 2010s youtube pranksters nearly blinded a child a couple of months ago by shooting fireworks at them. Again a few months ago one of the modern streamers hit a random passerby with a paintball, intentionally.


    People who say it's not a thing anymore are older and don't go to that part of social media or news.

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    3 points Practical-Bluebird96

    "older" that hurt me 😭

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    9 points hates_stupid_people

    That's because you don't frequent those parts of the internet anymore.

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    6 points AnyAsparagus988

    "I haven't seen it so it doesn't exist". classic.

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    22 points AgVargr

    How am I supposed to laugh at this? They should’ve thrown the pasta water in his face. Now that would’ve been funny

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    35 points Internal-Neat-9089

    It's not fun and games until someone gets 3rd degree burns

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    2 points leopor

    Haha your skin is peeling off lol! Gottem!

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    2 points vrijheidsfrietje

    Easy there Winston

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    5 points GeneralTreesap

    Say the line, Bart!

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    3 points HamzaFire

    Also looks genuine, not like 98% scripted bs.

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    1 points Arch3m

    Absolutely. If the prank victim isn't laughing with you by the end of the prank, it's not a prank. At best, it's harassment, at worst, it's a crime.

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    1 points SaintTedworth

    Came here to say this. A prank should be looked back at fondly by all parties involved. It’s only a prank of the person being pranked can laugh at it.

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    0 points SquarePegRoundWorld

    I never see those pranks that are crimes, where do you guys watch them all?

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    0 points MrNiceguy037

    What do you mean, I thought it was funny when my 3 y/o believed he chopped off my hand with his toy saw??

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  • 90 points borkborkbork99

    I know that meal was 🔥

    Chef was dialed in.

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  • 25 points In_The_News

    /r/innocentpranks

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    3 points Arch3m

    Thank you for making me aware of this.

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  • 12 points not_a_moogle

    I haven't seen one of those in maybe 30 years.

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  • 9 points illoeh

    I love that chef so much.

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  • 9 points icposse

    Harold McGee for the New York Times:

    Restaurant cooks prize thick pasta water. In “Heat,” his best-selling account of working in Mario Batali’s restaurant Babbo, Bill Buford describes how in the course of an evening, water in the pasta cooker goes from clear to cloudy to muddy, a stage that is “yucky-sounding but wonderful,” because the water “behaves like a sauce thickener, binding the elements and flavoring the pasta with the flavor of itself.”

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    11 points ActiveChairs

    For anyone who doesn't want to cook an entire restruant's worth of pasta to get the same effect, you can just add wheat starch to water to make a basic slurry and cook it down a little. That's all it is.

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  • 4 points System_Resident

    His pasta life flashed before his eyes 😂

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    4 points HockeyBabble

    His life was in jeopardy for 11 seconds

    Still he should sleep with one eye open after that

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  • 5 points Simple-Reception4262

    You know he loves cooking if his reaction was like that lmao. Poor guy lol

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  • 4 points MechMeister

    I used to have one of those haha

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  • 3 points Manburpig

    That is a nice ass kitchen.

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    3 points huge43

    My favorite place to eat, the ass kitchen

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  • 3 points IngVegas

    TIL about pasta water.

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  • 2 points DanMcMan5

    Playing with fire.

    Or more accurately, playing with a chef in a kitchen. With knives.

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    1 points CorruptedAssbringer

    There was a non-zero chance that the chef would've stabbed him as his last act before succumbing to a heart attack if that wasn't a prank.

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  • 2 points Jetpere

    I would like to have a kitchen like this one

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  • 2 points DrAnjaDick

    Haha!! This video brings back fun memories… I used to work at a 50s retro-diner, on roller skates, where we were encouraged to mess with the guests. Pranks, roast humor, occasional choreographed dancing… that sorta place. I had a ketchup and a mustard bottle rigged like this, and it worked every single time!

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  • 2 points etsprout

    /r/ketchuphate

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  • 2 points bonicamp9

    Drake be the type of reaction

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  • 1 points Sweb1975

    Do that in Chicago!

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  • 1 points Icy-Cry340

    Man was seconds from death.

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  • 1 points Jealous-Cattle-8385

    That 'No!!' resonated deeply with me.

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  • 1 points zombtachi_uchiha

    Nah mate...friendship is over, never play with food like that...chef almost died

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  • 1 points natnelis

    She is lucky he isn’t Italian. She would get slapped before the fake ketchup left the bottle.

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  • 1 points hacksoncode

    If that's a commercial kitchen (and this isn't a stunt for show), he's going to have to throw out the contents of that pot after a dirty string touched the inside of it.

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  • 1 points jogger57

    Catsup in water = Maga tomato soup

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    1 points HockeyBabble

    STOP INSULTING…

    On second thought continue this culinary TedTalk someone needs to learn these tips

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    2 points jogger57

    Hahahaha 😂

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  • 1 points doobsnotblunts

    r/watchpeopledieinside

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  • 1 points HockeyBabble

    First degree cases have been filed for less!

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  • 1 points Altruistic_Alps_7221

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

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  • 1 points Donkey_Karate

    Those things are my favorite old school prank.

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  • 1 points TygerJ99

    I definitely only season my meat

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  • 1 points WayWayTooMuch

    Cavenders spotted

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  • 1 points TheReverseShock

    Was about to end his whole bloodline. Understandable

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  • 1 points Dunge

    Honestly a little spray of ketchup in such a big pot probably wouldn't have impacted the taste at all.

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  • -20 points dontipitova9

    The string still touched the food...

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    17 points Bruin1217

    If only there was some sort of heating apparatus that could sterilize the food…..

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    5 points romariojwz

    What kind of sorcery is this?

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    25 points MingleLinx

    That means it all needs to get thrown away now

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  • -3 points thecementmixer

    Cool acting.

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  • -19 points De4thMonkey

    Hello, seasoned internet user. Anytime a video starts with a "so, yeah, this is what..." it's staged AF

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    8 points ijuswannabehappybro

    Friend also could’ve cued the video for his “story” or whatever and still pranked him

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    -8 points De4thMonkey

    While holding a ketchup bottle? Nah

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  • -6 points iAmSamFromWSB

    what is this industrial ass kitchen?

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  • -4 points GodsFaithInHumanity

    fake and staged

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