Do you like pasta?

[Giulia]

Hello, I am an italian student from Bocconi University. For my master's
thesis I'm working on a project concerning the pasta purchasing habits
during Covid-19 in the US market.

If you currently live in the US, I'd appreciate if you could fill out
this survey. Your help is much appreciated! Thank you!

https://unibocconi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9n9lD8Z1vt37pgp




--
Giulia

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Suuuuuuuure you are.

Nope, don't click on links to "surveys" or special "recipes."

[Giulia]

I am a student for real. I am attending the last year of the Master of
Science in Marketing Management at Bocconi University in Milan (Italy).
Please see the name of my university in the link I sent.
For my master’s thesis I am studying the impact of Covid-19 on pasta
purchasing habits in the US market. Before Covid, I was doing an
internship in New York at a company in the pasta sector.

It’s an academic research project: all the data will be treated
anonymously and will not be disclosed, according to the current privacy
legislation. Indeed you are not required to give personal information.
I am trying to spread the survey on different channels/forums/social
media because I need to collect at least 150 answers in order to
consider the reasearch valid. Otherwise, I will not be able to
graduate.

I thought that here I would meet people who are interested in
cooking/food and so would willing to help me! If you are not interested
you are not required to partecipate, but please do not say false things
without even a single proof. Thank you.

However, I am available for further questions if you want more details!




--
Giulia

[dsi1]

Sounds interesting. The only pasta I've bought this year was Korean and Chinese noodles. Sorry about that.

This is not a good group to poll since they're kind of grumpy and uncooperative. They're pretty much all in the over 65 age range which, I think, is not a useful group as far as spotting trends goes. You might want to contact the National Pasta Association.

https://ilovepasta.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NPA-membership-flyer-2019-final.pdf

[Dave Smith]

Well, there you go. You fooled us with the email address. We sort of
expected a .edu domain for a study instead of foodbanter.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 3:01:07 PM UTC-5, Giulia wrote:
>
> I am a student for real. I am attending the last year of the Master of
> Science in Marketing Management at Bocconi University in Milan (Italy).
> Please see the name of my university in the link I sent.
>
>

> Giulia
>
I still don't click on unknown links. We could fill a bushel basket of
people wanting us to click on links and take a 'survey.' Maybe you can
convince others here.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 3:51:19 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Well, there you go. You fooled us with the email address. We sort of
> expected a .edu domain for a study instead of foodbanter.
>

Foodbanter, the kiss of death for credibility.

[Dave Smith]

The best part is that it is supposed to be part of a masters
program..... trolling news groups through foodbanter. Yeah. right.

[Mike Duffy]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:31:46 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> The best part is that it is supposed to be part of a masters
> program..... trolling news groups through foodbanter. Yeah. right.

Ahh, but what if it's actually a thesis project on how the dynamics of a
group of Internet strangers eventually devolves into what can only be
described as a dysfunctional family?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Help her out, take the survey so she can graduate and get that marketing
degree. Maybe it will keep her off welfare.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I took the survey. It seemed entirely benign.

Admittedly, I was somewhat emboldened by the fact that my PC
runs Linux rather than Windows.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

dsi1 wrote:
>
> This is not a good group to poll since they're kind of
> grumpy and uncooperative.

Lol! Congratulations! You win today's "funniest post" game.

I'm sure most here will agree with what you said too. :)

[Taxed and Spent]

I become less grumpy and more cooperative when I eat pasta.

[Bruce]

A man goes to a brothel. The Madam is out of women but, since the guy is Polish she thinks she can get away with a blow up doll and he will never know the difference. Being a bit nervous because she has never tried this one before, The Madam waits outside the door. The Polack comes out in five minutes. "How was it?", says the Madam. "I don't know," says the Polak, "I bit her on the tit and she farted and flew out the window!"

[Taxed and Spent]

What a stupid survey. It asked if I bought at least one box of pasta
during the Covid emergency. I said no. It said thank you, end of survey.

Why didn't it ask if I already had 50 POUNDS of pasta on hand, and a 10"
wide motorized, commercial sough sheeter with pasta cutter, just in case
I run out.

I don't see how they are going to get a true picture with that survey.

[Bruce]

Maybe they only want true pictures of people who bought at least one

[Taxed and Spent]

Well, I took it again, and based on all of the questions, no they were
not only concerned about buying during the Covid emergency. Or only
concerned about pasta for that matter.

[Dave Smith]

Sorry, but I was too much of a cynic to fall for a postgraduate study
based on an internet poll originating from foodbanter.

[Taxed and Spent]

I was curious, and someone else said it was a legit link. I really
can't imagine the usefulness of the results, but I guess its real
purpose it to get the kid a passing grade for developing a survey and
analyzing its results.

[Dave Smith]

The kid is supposedly working on his masters. We didn't have personal
computers and the internet when I was at university. A significant
amount of my course load involved research and critiquing research
methods, and I was TA for my thesis advisor in his course on
experimental psychology. I just can't see there being any validity to
polls distributed through Usenet groups. I am not going to click on
that link to figure out why they are trying to bait people into clicking
on it.

[Taxed and Spent]

I don't blame you. I only clicked on it after a trusted newsgroup
member took the bait first. I was curious, though I am not a cat. And I
have a warm spot in my heart for both Italians and pasta.

[Helm]

>2020
>being scared of clicking links
>Not using Ungoogled Chromium with uBlock Origin

lol

[Cindy Hamilton]

Since I bought a box of pasta during the pandemic, I got to answer
all of the questions. They wanted to know things like:

Were there shortages
How did you deal with the shortages (buy elsewhere, buy a different brand)
Do you care if your pasta is made in the U.S.
Do you care if your pasta is, um, sustainable

Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

Why "fall for" ? It was no different from taking a quiz in
Cosmopolitan. Ok, bad analogy. I haven't read Cosmo in
40 years, and I don't imagine you've ever read it.

Cindy Hamilton

[jmcquown]

Yes; I thought it was an interesting survey.

Jill

[jmcquown]

Too bad they didn't have personal computers in your school days, Dave.
I can't imagine how else someone in Milan would be able to ascertain the
pasta buying habits of people in the US during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bocconi University offers Masters programs in economics and management,
among other things. (I looked it up before I took the very
straightforward survey.)

Jill

[Dave Smith]

You are so trusting Jill. Anyone can go online and check out the names
of universities and the programs offered and then make up a plausible
story about the research they are doing. This one was pretty Mickey Mouse.

[Mike Duffy]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 02:37:18 -0700, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> Were there shortages
> How did you deal with the shortages

> Do you care if your pasta is made in the U.S.
> Do you care if your pasta is, um, sustainable

More importantly, did they care about the shape?
(elbow, spirelli, bow-tie, etc.)

And most importantly, do they consider it cooked when you throw the pasta
against the wall to see if it sticks? My Aunt does that.

[jmcquown]

I'm actually very much a cynic, Dave, but I get your point. Having said
that, it's exactly what the OP said it would be. The survey asks, among
other things: are you buying pasta online vs. buying in physical stores
due to the pandemic? Do you prefer to buy certain brands and if so have
there been any brand shortages/interruptions in the supply chain as a
result of the pandemic? Any economic impact [presumeably regarding the
price of pasta] as a result of Covid-19? If you're stuck at home, which
is more important, the price, availability, having recipies on the the
box to give you ideas of what to cook? Recipes your kids could make? I
found it interesting. <shrug>

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 7/17/2020 9:24 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 02:37:18 -0700, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> Were there shortages
>> How did you deal with the shortages
>> Do you care if your pasta is made in the U.S.
>> Do you care if your pasta is, um, sustainable
>
> More importantly, did they care about the shape?
> (elbow, spirelli, bow-tie, etc.)
>

The survey did ask about pasta shapes. No mention of elbow macaroni.

> And most importantly, do they consider it cooked when you throw the pasta
> against the wall to see if it sticks? My Aunt does that.
>

Stupid thing to do.

Jill

[Gary]

Mike Duffy wrote:
>
> And most importantly, do they consider it cooked when you throw the pasta
> against the wall to see if it sticks? My Aunt does that.

Is that myth even true. Sound so dumb. I've always just fished
out a couple pieces of pasta and chewed to test for doneness.

Throwing it against the wall... lol. Get outta here.

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

Frankly, I'm just to busy to take a survey. And I'm sorry that I can't say it in her Italian:

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

We'd, Jul 15, 2020 at 6:31 p.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 3:01:07 PM UTC-5, Giulia wrote:
>>
>> I am a student for real. I am attending the last year of the Master of
>> Science in Marketing Management at Bocconi University in Milan (Italy).
>> Please see the name of my university in the link I sent.
>>
>>
>> Giulia
>>
> I still don't click on unknown links. We could fill a bushel basket of
> people wanting us to click on links and take a 'survey.' Maybe you can
> convince others here.

All pasta really is is boiled, then dried bread in the shape of a wire. Big deal.

[jmcquown]

I don't know if it's a "thing" but I've heard of it. Me, I just test
the pasta in the pot with a fork.

Jill

[Cindy Hamilton]

Beer is liquid bread.

Cindy Hamilton

[jmcquown]

In the shape of a wire? Or a nest? Is he talking birds nest pasta? Not
common in most of the world but hey, even I've seen it. It unwinds in
the hot water to be ... ta da! angel hair pasta!

> Beer is liquid bread.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

It certainly could be considered that way. :)

Jill
Jill

[Dave Smith]

It's just not the way legitimate research is done. They need a reliable
sample of the population. The whole thing stinks of click bait.

[Taxed and Spent]

it is a university class project. They know about proper sampling, but
that takes time and money. So, the simulate, and learn something.

I wish they had a comments section. There was one piece where I was
forced to rank 5 things from 1 to 5. None of them meant a darn to me (I
snuck my comment on that in a space for "other" in another question.

[jmcquown]

Whatever, Dave.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

It will tell you if the pasta is cooked enough to test it by tooth.

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-07-17 11:16 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> All pasta really is is boiled, then dried bread in the shape of a wire. Big deal.
>
> Beer is liquid bread.

A few decades ago there was an ad campaign for a brand of beer that was
described as a barely sandwich.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Good thinking. I just left the items in their original order.

Cindy Hamilton

[Bryan Simmons]

On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 3:01:07 PM UTC-5, Giulia wrote:
>

> It’s an academic research project: all the data will be treated
> anonymously and will not be disclosed, according to the current privacy
> legislation.
>
You'd better keep it anonymous. MY GOD, if people knew that I sometimes put marinara on linguine I would be humiliated.
>
> --
> Giulia

--Bryan

[Sheldon Martin]

>> Giulia
>--Bryan

I occasionally like pasta but it's not typically a go-to meal for me.
I enjoy some real guinea pasta dishes like pissghetti with scungilli
and mussels marinara with linguinni and dago red. In my Brooklyn
today's ethnic slurs were considered a show of welcoming acceptence...
no one cared if you were a polach or a mick so long as you could play
stickball. And the big bosomed black girls were wonderful if they
could jump rope or rollerskate. My rollerskating dance partner,
Sydelle was a best friend and had bosoms and ass that never quit... at
twelve years old I didn't know Sydelle had a magnificent bubble butt
and would be blessed with her mom's gigantic bosoms. Sydelle matured
early, I didn't realize that at twelve years old when the shoved her
tongue down my throat and shoved her hands in my crotch that she was
going to rape me.
Anyway today she's married and has two kids but is still a friend.

[Leo]

On 2020 Jul 17, , jmcquown wrote
(in article <_gkQG.42223$BL....@fx16.iad>):

> On 7/17/2020 11:16 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>

> > Beer is liquid bread.

> It certainly could be considered that way. :)

I’m eating quite a lot of bread tonight. I like the metaphor. I did mow the
lawn, take a shower and am doing the laundry. It was 91F when I mowed the
lawn, so I need to carb up and am doing my best.

leo

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11:23:11 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
>
> I’m eating quite a lot of bread tonight. I like the metaphor. I did mow the
> lawn, take a shower and am doing the laundry. It was 91F when I mowed the
> lawn, so I need to carb up and am doing my best.
>

> Leo
>
It was 99° here today and I made sure to NOT go outside except to the
mailbox.

[Leo]

On 2020 Jul 18, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
(in article<41658646-b466-458b...@googlegroups.com>):

> It was 99° here today and I made sure to NOT go outside except to the
> mailbox.

Our humidity is almost always very low. I run a swamp cooler that won't work
with wet heat, and swamp coolers save a bundle in electricity costs if they
can be used. With wet heat, I’d have ended up dead on the lawn.
We have been in the mid-nineties for three solid weeks but haven’t hit a
hundred yet, I don’t think.

[dsi1]

Those swamp coolers are pretty cool. They work great where my sister-in-law live in Oroville, CA. The time I went there, the place was dry as a bone and like a tinderbox ready to explode. I like fire the same as the next guy but that was ridiculous.

Those coolers won't work in my little town with 80% humidity. I got my AC window unit on at the moment and boy, the racket is kinda nuts.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 22:33:48 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

>On Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 11:23:11 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
>>
>> I’m eating quite a lot of bread tonight. I like the metaphor. I did mow the
>> lawn, take a shower and am doing the laundry. It was 91F when I mowed the
>> lawn, so I need to carb up and am doing my best.
>>
>> Leo

I'll be heading out to mow the back field once the dew burns off, some
4 acres of mowing from an air conditioned cab with the radio set on an
Oldies station. It's hot but I won't notice.

[jmcquown]

The temp was somewhere in the 90's yesterday. The only thing I did
outside was walk to the mailbox and back. You can tell it's going to be
a miserably humid day when the windows are covered in dew in the morning.

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 7/17/2020 6:24 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:40:59 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
> <bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 3:01:07 PM UTC-5, Giulia wrote:
>>>
>>> It’s an academic research project: all the data will be treated
>>> anonymously and will not be disclosed, according to the current privacy
>>> legislation.
>>>
>> You'd better keep it anonymous. MY GOD, if people knew that I sometimes put marinara on linguine I would be humiliated.
>>>
>>> Giulia
>> --Bryan
>
> I occasionally like pasta but it's not typically a go-to meal for me.
> I enjoy some real guinea pasta dishes like pissghetti with scungilli
> and mussels marinara with linguinni and dago red. In my Brooklyn

(snipped a bunch of sexual dreaming)

When, was that, Sheldon? About the same time you were cooking a bunch
of bacon on a Navy ship?

Jill

[Dave Smith]

It is only 10 am and the temperature is 81 with a "feels like " 100.
It's stinking hot. It is going to be 90 this afternoon. AC is on and I
am planning on staying inside.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I have never regretted saying "Yes" when my husband asked to air-condition
his workshop. I was out there this morning putting a final coat of
polyurethane onto my bookshelves.

Cindy Hamilton

[Hank Rogers]

jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/17/2020 6:24 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:40:59 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
>> <bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 3:01:07 PM UTC-5, Giulia wrote:
>>>>

>>>> It’s an academic research project: all the data will be treated

>>>> anonymously and will not be disclosed, according to the current
>>>> privacy
>>>> legislation.
>>>>
>>> You'd better keep it anonymous.  MY GOD, if people knew that I
>>> sometimes put marinara on linguine I would be humiliated.
>>>>
>>>> Giulia
>>> --Bryan
>>
>> I occasionally like pasta but it's not typically a go-to meal for
>> me.
>> I enjoy some real guinea pasta dishes like pissghetti with scungilli
>> and mussels marinara with linguinni and dago red.  In my Brooklyn
> (snipped a bunch of sexual dreaming)
>
> When, was that, Sheldon?  About the same time you were cooking a
> bunch of bacon on a Navy ship?
>
> Jill
>

No, I believe he is referring to the time frame when he was humping
that nun in the vatican.