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Italians could Boycott Pasta as Food Inflation Squeezes European Countries
MASSlive ^ | Jun. 12, 2023

Posted on 06/12/2023 4:06:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway

When it comes to skyrocketing pasta prices, Italians are crying: Basta! They have had enough after the cost of the staple of every Italian table soared by twice the rate of inflation. One consumer advocate group is calling for a weeklong national pasta strike starting June 22 after the Rome government held a crisis meeting last month and decided not to intervene on prices.

“The macaroni strike is to see if keeping pasta on the shelves will bring down the prices, in the great Anglo-Saxon tradition of boycotting goods,” said Furio Truzzi, president of the group, Assoutenti. “The price of pasta is absolutely out of proportion with production costs.”

SNIP

Feeling the pressure, some governments in Europe have capped prices on staples or pushed for agreements with grocery stores to bring down costs, something that’s popular with the public but can actually make food prices worse.

(Excerpt) Read more at masslive.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: europe; food; italy; pasta; spaghetti
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1 posted on 06/12/2023 4:06:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

bugs....you will eat them!


2 posted on 06/12/2023 4:12:50 PM PDT by xp38
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To: nickcarraway

I would suspect, the average Italian already knows how to make their own pasta if they really wanted to, but that takes time and effort. Modern folks don’t usually want to take time and craft their meals from scratch.


3 posted on 06/12/2023 4:14:46 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: xp38; SaveFerris; PROCON

Pasta is very easy to make at home, and cheap.

But the best value is a large can of Beefareeno from the Price Club.


4 posted on 06/12/2023 4:20:41 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

Sooo...why?

Yeah you can make your own but flour is way up too.


5 posted on 06/12/2023 4:23:43 PM PDT by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: lee martell

My Grandmother made her own pasta back in the 60’s, pre-pasta machine days. Took all day and I usually helped.

She loved making it and she was Croatian!


6 posted on 06/12/2023 4:28:57 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: xp38
"Italians could Boycott Pasta...."

And eat what instead, ... potatoes?

7 posted on 06/12/2023 4:29:51 PM PDT by threefinger
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To: nickcarraway

Uhmmm....Italians make their own pasta from wheat flour. Like normal people do before food leviathan corporations stated doing it as a convenience.


8 posted on 06/12/2023 4:30:50 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: lizma2

The best family days my kids experienced growing up were our hand made ravioli days. So much fun!


9 posted on 06/12/2023 4:32:18 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: nickcarraway
Joe Biden is to blame. Biden was the rabid bull in the World's china shop.

As Barack Obama once said, “Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f... things up.”

10 posted on 06/12/2023 4:42:47 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Looks like this is turning into a real strain.

Penne for your thoughts?


11 posted on 06/12/2023 4:44:51 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

It’s a combination of covid lockdowns and Joe’s refusal to cut spending. I assume all the nations in the West are in the same boat, and they all have massive welfare states.


12 posted on 06/12/2023 4:45:21 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: blackdog
"Uhmmm....Italians make their own pasta from wheat flour."
Did they buy their wheat flour from Ukraine?
13 posted on 06/12/2023 4:46:29 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: lizma2
My German grandmother used to make homemade German Spaetzle noodles.
It's really easy - and they are yummy.

Easy German Spaetzle Recipe

14 posted on 06/12/2023 5:26:05 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah, right. And Texans will boycott bacon.


15 posted on 06/12/2023 6:00:36 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: nickcarraway

What a nice little nugget there at the end. The Europeans always road test the very worst ideas, then the left advocates them here, even though they failed there. I’m sure their effort at price controls is going to work out swell


16 posted on 06/12/2023 6:23:28 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: nickcarraway

Fact: Pasta manufacturing is a labor intensive process requiring lots of machinery.

Much less expensive buying flour and making pizza.


17 posted on 06/12/2023 7:22:14 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Hiddigeigei

“”Uhmmm....Italians make their own pasta from wheat flour.”
“Did they buy their wheat flour from Ukraine?”

[WIKI] “The cultivation of durum generates greater yield than other wheats in areas of low precipitation (3–5 dm). Good yields can be obtained by irrigation, but this is rarely done. In the first half of the 20th century, the crop was widely grown in Russia.


18 posted on 06/12/2023 7:26:46 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Ezekiel

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting shell shocked over these pasta threads. I’m pulling out my angel hair.


19 posted on 06/13/2023 9:06:54 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: threefinger

There’s always polenta


20 posted on 06/13/2023 9:57:59 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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