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Italian expat here. Probably not many know of Marille (it's been basically forgotten by Italians, too), the first example - the first that I know of, at least
by Pamar 6y ago
Italian expat here.
Probably not many know of Marille (it's been basically forgotten by Italians, too), the first example - the first that I know of, at least - of "pasta shape deliberately designed to hold more sauce".
It was a sort of celebrity stunt by Voiello (quite a name in Italian Pasta, based in Neaples) who hired Giugiaro Design to create a new pasta type: https://www.italdesign.it/project/marille/ https://www.italdesign.it/project/marille/
[Sadly, it did not work so well in the market: the point where the three "folds" met tended to remain undercooked, being way more thick than the rest].
- snissn 6y agoThis looks so cool. I notice that the pasta is symmetric in the “z” index dimension. As if it were a cylinder and the z was along the length of the cylinder. I think each pasta could be cut such that there is an arc making the thicker folds less long in that z direction that could make it cook more evenly! I could try to draw something if this needs further clarification. Manufacturing this might add many issues however!
- Pamar 6y agoIn the end it was a commercial flop - albeit not critical: both Voiello and Giugiaro Design are still thriving in their respective fields. I know someone who was working for Giugiaro at the time and allegedly the design studio had piles of that stuff lying around for whoever wanted to take home... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Pamar 6y agoI posted a new story about Marille: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26529212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26529212 which has better images on how the pasta looks like.
- Igelau 6y agoSomething is unsettling about the cross section in a way that I can't quite put my finger on. I think that would keep me from buying it.
- NathanielK 6y agoIt looks vaguely phallic from the wrong angle. Not sure if cooking would help.
- Pamar 6y agoIn a non-euclidean, vaguely Lovecraftesque way, you mean? I never actually ate this stuff, but I am sure it was not that type of catastrophe when it was released to the public.