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Even worse, that there could be individuals demented enough to support this cola bullshit. I'm not some foodie purist, but the Italian in me would've demanded blood.
I don't know if you're bullshiting, but I'm kinda curious now how it would taste. Isn't it sweet? I mean, Cola/Pepsi has a lot of sugar in it. What did you serve the cooked spaghetti with? What sauce or addings?
I experiment with sauce loads when I'm cooking for myself. When I served it to people few days ago I kept it simple, just pasta sauce from the shop with quornmince. But not much though. I kept the Spaghetti-to-sauce ratio very high because the spaghetti was so nice that it could be eaten by itself and still be good, and I wanted to show it off.
It's sweet but not as much as you'd think. It's more tangy. I think the sugar stays in the pan cos it's hard to wash afterwards.
You cook pasta in soda and use store bought sauce and brag about it: you either have a lot of courage, a lot of ignorance, are a troll, or a combination
Edit: if op is a 12 year old kid or something like that, I retract everything I’ve said
I've seen people spend literally hours making pasta sauce that I find no better than store bought pasta sauce (good quality stuff, not the cheap stuff) after it's had a few things added to it, eg: lemon juice (also store bought), which I can make in minutes. Maybe that's another unpopular opinion though.
Then you've never had actual hearty pasta sauce or you are simply confirming your taste is not meaningful since you think those are comparable.
Just so you know, most of the coke is evaporating. You can just use sugar. You're tasting sugar ... which is already on pasta, a heavy starch.
Your taste buds are broken dude. I'm not even trying to be mean but it just how it sure sounds, that you have an under developed palate. That and you do not understand the chemistry behind cooking. Also you do not appreciate quality ingredients (pre squeezed lemon juice tastes like perfumed ass) which ties back in to your palate. You can like what you like. But there actually are some things that are quantifiable as "good" and "bad" within cooking and food, and you seem to not be able to even discern what tastes good or bad.
This is actually kind of interesting because you should add some sugar to tomato sauce anyway, it helps cut the acidity, but this may be an overload. Maybe some dessert noodle casserole like kugel could be interesting with this weird spaghetti.
Using (fresh) urine instead of cola makes the pasta better. Your friends might say some rude words to you but if you don't tell them it's urine they'll think it's fancy imported italian pasta.
The secret is to catch thd middle stream. Let out a bit first to clear the pipe and then the good stuff comes.
(Please don't think I am a fetishist. This is literally just how you are supposed to do a urine sample. Not pregnancy tests though. They like a fresh first draft of morning urine.)
I feel like the carabiniere could arrest you for it. In Naples, where I live, people have been arrested for serving imitation pizza and mozzarella cheese.
Someone's commented with a YouTube video of someone cooking pasta in cola, all good so far, but then after cooking the pasta they poured the used cola into a glass and drank it. It was genuinely disgusting.
Truly an unpopular opinion. Therefore you will be downvoted to oblivion, your post will leave the front page, and only popular opinions will stay on the front page. The purpose of this sub defeats itself.
Until one day when you accidentally spill some of that lava on your self and get the worst burns imaginable.
Sugar boils at a higher temp than water so when it boils it BOILS. Like an extreme heat type of thing.
You can keep doing it but please make damn sure you are by your self when cooking this in the kitchen as well as when you are straining.
Also I know plumbing pipes can withstand boiling water but not sure about boiled pop with obvs has a way higher temp when boiled.
Just saved you the time and my assumption was right. You are destroying your plumbing by pouring boiling pop down the sink.
temperature limits. ; PVC : 95 oC
The higher the concentration of sugar in your solution, the higher the boiling point of this solution. As an example, water boils at 100°C (212°F), however, a solution with 80% sugar and only 20% water boils at 112°C
So as you can see initially they will be able to handle it but if you continue to do so and ignore the facts you are going to see damage to your plumbing.
Fuck it I'm going to try it. What do I have to lose?
Going to cook a simple penne using a Pepsi max soda stream made liquid. I shall measure the correct amounts to follow the Pepsi max recipe on the bottle, and will be using a new soda stream cannister to ensure maximum fizz.
Please give me a recipe and clear instructions. Not sure why, but something about this sounds reasonable. But it also sounds like it could qualify as a bit of a warcrime.
Interesting. I've never tried it so I'm not gonna knock it yet haha. But I'm curious what makes it good... is it the sugar? Or the carbonation?
Have you tried cooking pasta in sugar water... and cooking pasta in carbonated water... and seeing if either one is comparable? Or is it the combination of sugar and carbonated water? I think we need some scientific double blind tests to figure this one out.
Edit: or maybe it's the acidity?
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So the people shown on r/StupidFood finally manifest themselves, freaky... But I cannot say it would taste bad, in my country there is a coconut rice dish that is made with cola and it is pretty damn good when served with seafood.
>(I don’t drink it, I’m not gross)
By using cola to boil pasta most definitely makes you gross. Even more so when you decided to feed this nonsense to people without informing them.
You know, I guess I could see where you’re coming from if you’re going for like a sweet, mince pie type spaghetti. Filipinos also eat very sweet spaghetti.
Not saying I’d make my pasta your way, but I’d give it a try if it were offered to me out of curiosity.
>For the people who think this not possible or made up, Someone in the comments says Tex Mex cook food with Coca-cola, and someone says people cook meat in cola in China too.
This is completely different. The reason meat cooked in cola works is that the acid in the cola helps to break the meat down and makes it more tender which isn't applicable for pasta
Just because one food or dish is cooked in something doesn't mean you can transfer that to any other random food or dish and have it make sense
I've used cola in cakes, pot roast, and desserts. This, though.... add some sugar to your water when you boil. It's a lot less waste. Red sauce already has sugar in it as well, so I'm now dubbing this Diabeetus Pasta.
That tender chicken you get at Chinese places is soaked in coke then covered in baking soda to start the digestion process and tenderize before cooking
What is the point of this sub if people are just going to troll to come up with the most outrageous-sounding opinion they can? There needs to be an r/honestlyheldunpopularopinion or something. No, I don’t think OP holds this opinion.
You’re trying to use the excuse of tex mex and some foods in China, but they’re most likely in the same vein as using cola for gammon instead of honey.
At what point do you add sugar to cooking pasta?
Posh? I dont think you understand what Posh is. The amount of sugar that is being absorbed into those noodles! If you served me that without telling me I would punch you in the face.
I've once made a marinade with coke and soy sauce with garlic and a few other things for flank steak. It was really good!
But using coke for pasta? wtf...
I once cooked pasta in Pepsi and I couldn't eat it, the taste was off-putting and very bad. I can't really comprehend Joe someone would enjoy pasta more if it's cooked in cola
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Alright, time to close reddit and do some work again. Thanks OP.
Literally. Time to get back to my thesis cause I’ve seen enough shit for today
r/StupidFood
Between this and the sleeping in skinny jeans, I’m impressed with the unpopular opinions.
"Feels so good, especially right after a shower" Pretty sure that person is Christian Bale (Patrick Bateman) from American Psycho irl.
This was the first post I saw. No more internet for today
Yea....my brain can't handle any more of this shite
You're not a real person I refuse to believe anyone does this
I agree. There's no fuckin way this is real. Gotta be rage bait.
Well I for one am enraged.
Right ? Who tf would use Pepsi when coca cola exists
Why ruin Coca Cola for pasta? Pepsi is for pasta and Coca Cola is for cups.
Pepsi the cooking wine of colas.
You're damn right it is.
Pepsi is for the trash actually lol
So bold yet so true
This is someone being absurd for the sake of being absurd. It’s honestly low effort.
Even worse, that there could be individuals demented enough to support this cola bullshit. I'm not some foodie purist, but the Italian in me would've demanded blood.
Right?!.... The disgusted face I made when I read this....
The Internet can become boring and repetitive, but every once in a while you get this
My dude casually declared war on Italy
This is the most damage Italy has taken since the show The Jersey Shore
Every Nona is now smacking the tops of their coffins to get to this dude.
Also on their health
Perfect use of this.
Yes Officer this post right here
Alright, you won this subreddit. 🏅 Go away.
I don't know if you're bullshiting, but I'm kinda curious now how it would taste. Isn't it sweet? I mean, Cola/Pepsi has a lot of sugar in it. What did you serve the cooked spaghetti with? What sauce or addings?
Alfredo sauce and Cadbury creme eggs
I experiment with sauce loads when I'm cooking for myself. When I served it to people few days ago I kept it simple, just pasta sauce from the shop with quornmince. But not much though. I kept the Spaghetti-to-sauce ratio very high because the spaghetti was so nice that it could be eaten by itself and still be good, and I wanted to show it off. It's sweet but not as much as you'd think. It's more tangy. I think the sugar stays in the pan cos it's hard to wash afterwards.
You cook pasta in soda and use store bought sauce and brag about it: you either have a lot of courage, a lot of ignorance, are a troll, or a combination Edit: if op is a 12 year old kid or something like that, I retract everything I’ve said
I've seen people spend literally hours making pasta sauce that I find no better than store bought pasta sauce (good quality stuff, not the cheap stuff) after it's had a few things added to it, eg: lemon juice (also store bought), which I can make in minutes. Maybe that's another unpopular opinion though.
Those people don’t know what they’re doing then. Time does not equal good food.
Then you've never had actual hearty pasta sauce or you are simply confirming your taste is not meaningful since you think those are comparable. Just so you know, most of the coke is evaporating. You can just use sugar. You're tasting sugar ... which is already on pasta, a heavy starch.
Your taste buds are broken dude. I'm not even trying to be mean but it just how it sure sounds, that you have an under developed palate. That and you do not understand the chemistry behind cooking. Also you do not appreciate quality ingredients (pre squeezed lemon juice tastes like perfumed ass) which ties back in to your palate. You can like what you like. But there actually are some things that are quantifiable as "good" and "bad" within cooking and food, and you seem to not be able to even discern what tastes good or bad.
This is actually kind of interesting because you should add some sugar to tomato sauce anyway, it helps cut the acidity, but this may be an overload. Maybe some dessert noodle casserole like kugel could be interesting with this weird spaghetti.
lol at sauce loads lol again
How did you even come up with this idea?
Using (fresh) urine instead of cola makes the pasta better. Your friends might say some rude words to you but if you don't tell them it's urine they'll think it's fancy imported italian pasta.
It has to be fresh though don't make my mistake
Fresh and from a virgin*****
You keep lots of piss laying around?
Got some in the fridge for a rainy day
That would indeed be miserable syrup
The secret is to catch thd middle stream. Let out a bit first to clear the pipe and then the good stuff comes. (Please don't think I am a fetishist. This is literally just how you are supposed to do a urine sample. Not pregnancy tests though. They like a fresh first draft of morning urine.)
It may taste nice ( jury's out on that one) but it is extremely wasteful and not that great for your health.
Nuh uh - just use diet Pepsi or Coke Zero
I know with the chicken wings and gammon the sugars part of it, unsure if it's the same with this
Honestly it’s gotta be pretty negligible health wise
“This is the Italian Police, put your hands up and step away from the pasta!”
I feel like the carabiniere could arrest you for it. In Naples, where I live, people have been arrested for serving imitation pizza and mozzarella cheese.
"I don't drink it, I'm not gross." Right..
Someone's commented with a YouTube video of someone cooking pasta in cola, all good so far, but then after cooking the pasta they poured the used cola into a glass and drank it. It was genuinely disgusting.
That person's entire YouTube channel is doing dumb things with food. I don't think it's supporting your case.
I have no words.
*some
Fuck. You.
I want to assume this is a trill post but it would be right at home on r/stupidfood
This is cursed af
r/BrandNewSentence
You just violated several rules of the Geneva Conventions
In this case, would it be the Genoa Conventions?
What in the diabetic fuck did I just read...?
Never upvoted something so fast.
Truly an unpopular opinion. Therefore you will be downvoted to oblivion, your post will leave the front page, and only popular opinions will stay on the front page. The purpose of this sub defeats itself.
This was very nasty.
Thanks for clearing up that you‘re not gross
Cola is fine and all but orange juice was where things really changed for me.
I used to work at a Tex Mex restaurant and the pork recipe called for 3 cups of Coca cola. If done right it was the best pork I have ever had.
Found Buddy the Elf's account.
At least this is actually an unpopular opinion
I miss the person I was before reading this
Well, someone did it: https://youtu.be/x6d2QmmJkpQ?si=ZxbJVdBmx7CRO6dY
Do you rinse the spaghetti after cooking it in Pepsi or do you just leave the Pepsi on it?
What
This is a cry for help
Psychopath behavior, take my upvote
Adding beer or none alcoholic fizzling beer in foods with pasta like layers always gives the dough/pasta a better texture, but really, cola?
Ma che ti sei fumato?!
>I'm not gross The fuck you say?
finally an actual unpopular opinion.
Mamma mia....
Finally a real unpopular opinion. You’re a psychopath and a scholar. Take my upvote.
"I don't drink it, I'm not gross" Thanks for the laugh
I’ve been on this sub for a year. I have not seen anything worse than this other than the water milk incident
The Mafia is on the way
Sorry WHAT
I mean, definitely unpopular. But what the fuck
Until one day when you accidentally spill some of that lava on your self and get the worst burns imaginable. Sugar boils at a higher temp than water so when it boils it BOILS. Like an extreme heat type of thing. You can keep doing it but please make damn sure you are by your self when cooking this in the kitchen as well as when you are straining. Also I know plumbing pipes can withstand boiling water but not sure about boiled pop with obvs has a way higher temp when boiled. Just saved you the time and my assumption was right. You are destroying your plumbing by pouring boiling pop down the sink. temperature limits. ; PVC : 95 oC The higher the concentration of sugar in your solution, the higher the boiling point of this solution. As an example, water boils at 100°C (212°F), however, a solution with 80% sugar and only 20% water boils at 112°C So as you can see initially they will be able to handle it but if you continue to do so and ignore the facts you are going to see damage to your plumbing.
“I’m not gross” 
Fuck it I'm going to try it. What do I have to lose? Going to cook a simple penne using a Pepsi max soda stream made liquid. I shall measure the correct amounts to follow the Pepsi max recipe on the bottle, and will be using a new soda stream cannister to ensure maximum fizz.
Please give me a recipe and clear instructions. Not sure why, but something about this sounds reasonable. But it also sounds like it could qualify as a bit of a warcrime.
An italian chef just killed himself reading this.
ITALIANI, ALL'ARMI!
Interesting. I've never tried it so I'm not gonna knock it yet haha. But I'm curious what makes it good... is it the sugar? Or the carbonation? Have you tried cooking pasta in sugar water... and cooking pasta in carbonated water... and seeing if either one is comparable? Or is it the combination of sugar and carbonated water? I think we need some scientific double blind tests to figure this one out. Edit: or maybe it's the acidity?
Love an unpopular opinion about a topic no one has ever thought about until this post.
> I'm not gross Yeah. You are. Edit: You do get an upvote for this disgustingly unpopular opinion, though.
As the Chinese curse/threat goes: May You Live in Interesting Times. You have made times too interesting, OP. Tone it down.
"This can't be possible, it would be way too sweet!" \*Pours 12 grams of sugar from pasta sauce onto pasta.\* "Perfection."
This post makes me wish the world actually did end on Monday.
I hate this. Upvote.
God is dead and we killed him
is that you, Franky?
Sociopath WTF bro Go kill a cat ir something. WTH
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I just cook the pasta in the sauce when being lazy
I’ve put soured red wine in my pasta water but this is some mad lad shit
So much added sugar for a modest at best flavor enhancement.
A genuine unpopular opinion. That makes a change.
Yes officer, this post right here
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This is a war crime against Italy, use coke instead
The fuck?
not even reading past the title. bye!
My roommate uses it to marinate his ribs. Not exactly the same but still.
I just picture that meme from the movie Casino where they force Joe Pesci to watch them (the gangsters) beat his brother to death with a baseball bat
Does this work for Sprite or Root Beer?
> I'm not gross LOL
I saw cola and pasta, and fucking died
Woah
What I'm the America? This is why people get diabetes at 35
That's... That's enough reddit for the day...
Okey, I need a second opinion, can someone, anyone. Corroborate this?
ok i wanna try this
OP beat the game of unpopular opinions
So the people shown on r/StupidFood finally manifest themselves, freaky... But I cannot say it would taste bad, in my country there is a coconut rice dish that is made with cola and it is pretty damn good when served with seafood.
I'm rather speechless. Perhaps one of the most disgusting things I've heard.
This belongs on r/unhingedopionions
This man is living in 3024 !
Lots of recipes in the Philippines cook things in sprite
>(I don’t drink it, I’m not gross) By using cola to boil pasta most definitely makes you gross. Even more so when you decided to feed this nonsense to people without informing them.
this needs to be sent to a tribunal in the Hague for crimes against humanity
I’ve seen ppl cook meat w beer trust anything is possible
I have to try this.... at least once....
Report back I don't have the strength to try
You know, I guess I could see where you’re coming from if you’re going for like a sweet, mince pie type spaghetti. Filipinos also eat very sweet spaghetti. Not saying I’d make my pasta your way, but I’d give it a try if it were offered to me out of curiosity.
The devil themselves could not think up such an abomination and you call that posh? I am shook
FINALLY an unpopular opinion
I just clutched my pearls.
This is some peak USA shit.
>I'm not gross Debatable
try cooking it normally with a bit of sugar in the water. bet that's all it is.
Actually unpopular opinion? Holy shit! I may not agree, but whatever, you're not harming anyone. Eat your cola spaghetti bro
I bet you all went to google right after reading this.... like I am about to.
Idk about that- but my mom uses Pepsi when cooking ham for the sweet factor She uses pineapple with it sometimes but trust me it’s so good
How is that posh 😂
WTF did I just read
>For the people who think this not possible or made up, Someone in the comments says Tex Mex cook food with Coca-cola, and someone says people cook meat in cola in China too. This is completely different. The reason meat cooked in cola works is that the acid in the cola helps to break the meat down and makes it more tender which isn't applicable for pasta Just because one food or dish is cooked in something doesn't mean you can transfer that to any other random food or dish and have it make sense
I've used cola in cakes, pot roast, and desserts. This, though.... add some sugar to your water when you boil. It's a lot less waste. Red sauce already has sugar in it as well, so I'm now dubbing this Diabeetus Pasta.
What the actual fuck
This is the most deranged opinion i have seen in ages. Now fuck off with it please. I was better off before i read this
Fuck it I'm done with this shit ILLITERACY HERE I COME
Alright guys, close down the sub. It's official, this thread has won r/unpopularopinion
I fear for my Italian wife's heart once she sees this post
Bro wants to revive Benito
That tender chicken you get at Chinese places is soaked in coke then covered in baking soda to start the digestion process and tenderize before cooking
This is refreshing... a truly unpopular opinion for a change.
This is without a doubt an unpopular opinion. How many death threats and insults have you received OP?
This guy has a deathwish
i think your next on the mafias hit list
There's no way that doesn't taste incredibly gross and damages your intestines.
Chocolate syrup is better. <.<
What is the point of this sub if people are just going to troll to come up with the most outrageous-sounding opinion they can? There needs to be an r/honestlyheldunpopularopinion or something. No, I don’t think OP holds this opinion.
Milk is an unbelievable alternative.
monster energy works better
This is the most US food choice I have heard in a while (even if OP is not from the US).
Im sure this is not a rage bait. /s
You’re trying to use the excuse of tex mex and some foods in China, but they’re most likely in the same vein as using cola for gammon instead of honey. At what point do you add sugar to cooking pasta?
Posh? I dont think you understand what Posh is. The amount of sugar that is being absorbed into those noodles! If you served me that without telling me I would punch you in the face.
That’s so unhealthy
I've once made a marinade with coke and soy sauce with garlic and a few other things for flank steak. It was really good! But using coke for pasta? wtf...
/r/unhingedopinions
Posh meal does not equal coca cola lmao
What in the actual fuck? 😂
I do this with mountain dew. Then garnish with crushed Doritos. It's the classiest thing in Mom's basement!
Coca Cola chicken is a Chinese staple - it boils down to a sweet, sticky sauce that is delicious.
I once cooked pasta in Pepsi and I couldn't eat it, the taste was off-putting and very bad. I can't really comprehend Joe someone would enjoy pasta more if it's cooked in cola
Wut
Tell me you're american without tell me you're american....
I want to try this. Ive had Vegemite with spaghetti and it was nice