"Pamela" > wrote in message
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> On 01:00 4 Nov 2018, "Julie Bove" > wrote in
> news >
>>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> The convenience food business is getting ridiculous while they test
>>> just how much lazy people are willing to pay for "convenience". I
>>> don't know how long these have been out, but I got a free package
>>> for buying some meatballs that I would have bought anyway. It's
>>> about 1/4lb of pasta cooked and packaged in a hermetically sealed
>>> bag.
>>>
>>> https://www.barilla.com/en-us/produc...e/ready-pasta?
>>> sort=alpha
>>>
>>> My store sells them for $1.68. Which comes out to $6.72/lb. Normal
>>> price for a pound of Barilla dried pasta is $1.25. So that's a 550%
>>> increase in price.
>>>
>>> Sheesh. I felt stupid jsut getting one for free.
>>
>> I got a free package. I gave it away. I was told it wasn't very good.
>
> How can "ready pasta" be truly al dente? Ugh.

I don't think it can. Then again, the average eater likely wouldn't know al
dente if it bit them!