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2. I like pasta as much as any, but on the rare occasions I go out to eat with friends...

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 05:16 AM

Nov 2025

I am always amazed at those who order pasta as their entree. Even before the tariffs, it was an expensive option, more than rivaling my seafood or fresh fish, or someone's steak option. Somehow, it just didn't seem worth the expense, but that's just me...

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Trump tariffs on pasta could soon top 100 percent: 'Double the price' [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 OP

Restaurants charging for the tariffs . . . . no_hypocrisy Nov 2025 #1

Pasta already cheaper in Canada. Shows you effect of tariffs on consumers. BlueWavePsych Nov 2025 #25

I like pasta as much as any, but on the rare occasions I go out to eat with friends... hlthe2b Nov 2025 #2

If I go to a restaurant, RazorbackExpat Nov 2025 #9

It depends on if it's made in-house. yardwork Nov 2025 #51

BTW, it's REALLY easy to make at home -- you're just limited to the basic shapes. fierywoman Nov 2025 #57

"BTW, it's REALLY easy to make at home -- you're just limited to the basic shapes." BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #60

Oooooooo !!! You see? I think it's worth seeking out the right flour, although fierywoman Nov 2025 #61

Your turn, Italy NJCher Nov 2025 #3

they should slap an export tax on all their cheeses and cured meats. nt Javaman Nov 2025 #10

Barilla's pasta is made in the USA. quaint Nov 2025 #13

Was Going To Post The Same ProfessorGAC Nov 2025 #54

And DeCecco is bronze-cut. Love it. chia Nov 2025 #40

well, lucky me. i get local dried macaroni. pansypoo53219 Nov 2025 #4

Almost all Barilla pasta sold in the US is made in the US Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #5

Bronze die cut NJCher Nov 2025 #6

"Almost all Barilla pasta sold in the US is made in the US" BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #7

Barilla has two huge US processing plants Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #11

"Whether your speculative point about restaurants buying Italian-sourced Barilla for "ethnic loyalty" would account" BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #15

LOL Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #19

No "strawman" BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #32

Complete strawman and now switching terrain Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #35

You made a generalization fixating on "Barilla" BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #37

Wrong Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #44

It's not a "piddling" objection BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #45

De Cecco is indeed imported, which is why bringing it up is also irrelevant Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #47

The article - not just the 4 paragraphs in the OP BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #48

It remains speculative Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #49

To respond BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #50

Oh, you finally looked up the annual report Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #52

Of course it did BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #56

Idiot Beaver Hound is screwing US farmers (again) with this. A LOT of Italian pasta is made with US Durum wheat Attilatheblond Nov 2025 #17

The only pictures he has interest in are the ones that he draws with a sharpie. littlemissmartypants Nov 2025 #20

I have snowybirdie Nov 2025 #8

Finally some good news. Pasta use'ta be more expensive. But Trump lowered the tariff by 1,000 percent. 3Hotdogs Nov 2025 #12

Kick BlueWavePsych Nov 2025 #14

Sonny and Vito azureblue Nov 2025 #16

What the fuck? Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #21

It won't just be imported pasta that will see big price increase Attilatheblond Nov 2025 #18

Other Italian food items that will be tariffed under Trump's various schemes Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #23

Italian Americans around here are Trump supporters, enjoy your hate. dem4decades Nov 2025 #28

Very true Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #29

Not directed to you, but to those that love when Trump fucks people, and dem4decades Nov 2025 #36

There's always one more way he'll try to fuck up the American people's food supply. littlemissmartypants Nov 2025 #22

Trump is trying to invoke a Pastafarian uprising to enact the Insurrection Act. bluedigger Nov 2025 #24

That damn Biden Ferrets are Cool Nov 2025 #26

So will I have to make a weekend rip to Tijuana to stock up on linguine? DBoon Nov 2025 #27

How about Italian wine? Are tariffs going up on that too? dem4decades Nov 2025 #30

The tariffs in the article are specific to pasta, but other EU-targeted Trump tariffs hit Italian wine Prairie Gates Nov 2025 #31

Mr. trump's a subliterate idiot unable to write one grammatically correct sentence Torchlight Nov 2025 #33

Pasta? John Coktosten Nov 2025 #34

Why do we import it. It is f------g flower, eggs and doc03 Nov 2025 #38

There is always an "immigrant base" here in the U.S. BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #42

This is a great example in the battle of inequity angryxyouth Nov 2025 #39

My wife's Italian grandmother melm00se Nov 2025 #41

She may have sourced the flour from somewhere BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #43

She taught me all sorts of things for the kitchen melm00se Nov 2025 #46

I actually bought a bag of semolina a bunch of years ago BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #59

You can sub melm00se Nov 2025 #62

King Arthur's various flours had me go wild BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #63

I like Garofalo pasta bucolic_frolic Nov 2025 #53

The mafia controls Italy Bluestocking Nov 2025 #55

And Italy should institute an export tax on wine, cheese and cured meats nt Javaman Nov 2025 #58

Good thing I am cutting down Tree Lady Nov 2025 #64

The SCOTUS swung in and "saved the day" BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #65