The Guys Share Quick and Easy Pasta Recipes (Part One)

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A quick note on sound quality: we had some problems with levels when we recorded our 2nd through 5th episodes. This was partly because, due to the pandemic, we are recording everything on Zoom, so we have no monitoring, and partly because we are rank amateurs, and have literally no idea what we are doing. The final result is that Jesse's level was a lot lower than Nate's, and we had to fix it in post. The trouble is, the massive compression required to correct the issue also resulted in the listener being able to hear individual oxygen molecules bouncing off one another. There's a bit of a noise problem. We considered re-recording the episodes, but we were concerned we'd lose our spontaneity. After all, we don't rehearse, this is live conversation. We just ask the listener to bear with us as we figure this out, and for this group of episodes, kindly pretend that Nate and Jesse are broadcasting live from the Screaming Eagle, a classic wooden rollercoaster at Six Flags Great America, because that's definitely what it sounds like.

Okay, here's the first half of our two-part exploration of quick, easy pasta dishes. This one is 80% theory, 20% recipes.

Here's the time stamps:

1:10 The Stabbing Story

9:30 How to Select Pasta

18:25 How to Boil Pasta

31:43 How to Cook Pasta Like Risotto(!)

41:43 Jesse’s ABC Pasta

48:37 Nate’s Aglio Olio