**The Pasta Water Conundrum: A Debate Among Foodies**

In the world of cooking, pasta water is often viewed as a valuable resource that can elevate sauces to new heights. However, some food enthusiasts have taken this concept to an absurd level, proclaiming it the most important aspect of their culinary endeavors. While others may share this sentiment, I'd like to propose that pasta water's significance has been somewhat overhyped.

As someone who loves pasta as much as the next person, I think it's time to separate fact from fiction when it comes to the importance of pasta water. The idea that it's a special ingredient that can only be used for sauces is nothing short of laughable. In reality, pasta water is simply a byproduct of cooking pasta and should be treated with the same care as any other liquid. I mean, who thought that this magical elixir was somehow more precious than good old-fashioned olive oil or chicken broth?

I must admit, however, that there are some cooks out there who seem to have taken a liking to pasta water. They'll often reserve it in the fridge for later use, claiming that it's essential for achieving the perfect sauce consistency. But let's be real – most people just toss their pasta water down the drain without giving it another thought. It's not like we're using it to make a special sauce or anything (although, I have to admit, some recipes do call for saving pasta water).

**Braun: The Largest Human of All Time**

Speaking of overhyped concepts, let's take a look at Braun, the professional wrestler who allegedly holds the title of largest human ever recorded. Now, I'm not one to question people's claims or measurements, but this guy's supposed size is hard to swallow (pun intended). According to some reports, he stood at an incredible 9 feet tall and weighed over 500 pounds – making him a true giant among men.

As someone who's always been fascinated by unusual professions, I have to admit that Braun's story has piqued my interest. However, after doing some further research, I couldn't find any credible sources to support his claims of being the largest human ever recorded. It's possible that he was simply a talented wrestler or entertainer who used his size as part of his act.

**The Scooby-Doo Connection**

In another bizarre turn of events, I received a meme that claimed I looked like Velma from Scooby-Doo. Now, I'm not sure what kind of magic happens when you combine my face with Velma's, but it's clear that the internet has taken some liberties with my likeness.

As someone who's never seen Scooby-Doo (I know, I know – it's a shame), I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. After some research, I discovered that Velma is actually the smartest and most level-headed member of the Mystery Inc. gang. She's always dressed in her signature orange turtleneck sweater, which has become an iconic part of her character.

**The Betrayal of Brad**

In a shocking turn of events, I learned that my friend Brad had been secretly using sumac in his recipes – including one of mine! Now, I'm not sure if this is a betrayal or just a clever marketing ploy, but either way, it's clear that some people are willing to bend the rules (or break them entirely) to get ahead.

As someone who values honesty and integrity above all else, this news has left me feeling somewhat betrayed. But at the same time, I have to admit that sumac is a pretty versatile ingredient – and if Brad wants to use it in his recipes, who am I to stop him?

**The Meme That Started It All**

It was then that I discovered an internet meme that claimed I had become a sex symbol overnight. Now, I'm not sure what kind of Photoshop magic was used to create this image, but let's just say it's clear that the internet has taken some creative liberties with my appearance.

While I appreciate the humor and enthusiasm behind this meme, I have to admit that I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea of being seen as a sex symbol. It's not exactly something I had planned for (although, who knows – maybe I'll start wearing more revealing outfits in public).

**Mike and Thea: A Gourmet Makeover**

Just when I thought things couldn't get any weirder, Mike and Thea appeared on set to talk about their gourmet makes. As someone who's always been fascinated by cooking shows, I have to admit that this was a welcome surprise.

Mike and Thea seemed like total pros – expertly chopping veggies, sautéing meats, and whipping up sauces with ease. They talked about the importance of using high-quality ingredients, experimenting with new flavors, and having fun in the kitchen (which, let's be real, is the best part).

As I watched them cook, I couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy – not because they were better cooks than me (although, maybe), but because they seemed to have an effortless chemistry that made cooking look easy. Ah, well – I suppose it's always nice to be inspired by others and maybe try something new in the kitchen.

**The Pasta Water Conclusion**

In the end, my exploration of pasta water left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. While some cooks may genuinely believe that it's an essential ingredient for achieving perfect sauce consistency, I think we can all agree that it's not exactly the most exciting thing to talk about.

That being said, there are certainly other culinary wonders out there waiting to be explored – and who knows? Maybe next time you're cooking up a storm in the kitchen, you'll remember to save some pasta water for good measure.

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hurt my feelings Harry I think anyone who is familiar with my enthusiasm for anything clear Sacketts has ever worked on will like make the pretty obvious deduction that I am like a junk food kid it's totally wrong for Brad thanks Peggy I filled them in yeah he's at the top of the triangle we have food at home oh whoa whoa hey family show Delaney's got some weird like you know McDonald's flex for sure I will say Mik Cafe Coffee is like kind of underrated um I think I would be we have food at home I think you're accurate we made smash burgers at home last night you know and it was delightful we had pretzel buns and I put kimchi and gochujang on line and everybody was happy you know so the only food that I've eaten that hasn't been cooked by myself or one of my to quarantine mates was when I caved and went to the McDonald's drive-through I wouldn't be here I would I would want to make my own McDonald's at home but it wouldn't I wouldn't be forced I would sahlan tears I need another little bubble near clear I'm very excited to talk to Claire Claire's been quite an elusive figure for us she's never liked any of our posts she doesn't follow us on Instagram we feel like maybe she hates us so hopefully we'll find out that she doesn't I sort of take the stance with meme a petite that I do with the videos themselves which is sometimes I stay away for a very long time and don't really look and then sometimes I like in one day like go through everything that I haven't seen the day three comes real the day three curse was invented by Dan it is a total construct I really do relate to this to to these like photos of like I'm like a little rough around the edges like I haven't been getting enough sleep or whatever oh Delaney Delaney comes down to the Test Kitchen more than any other person and it's like five times a day and so like I'm usually happy to see him but on a day 3 episode I don't feel like explaining to Delaney for the 15th time that episode what's going wrong I mean look 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join that season and it was really cool and very exciting obviously because you know the way that that show is formatted we work in pairs and so obviously I was very excited to work with Claire I sort of forgot how commandeering she can be you know she's just like a tough cut she's a tough group project cookie obviously this is from a goal may make when you were being just like wonderfully supportive to her we're all really close with her and so when she is feeling bad when she is like kind of spiraling it makes everyone feel equally as bad and you want to help her out I am seeing one of my favorite is meme Appetit I know I love this one I brought tears to my eyes when I saw it it made me feel it made me feel special some people will DM me being like should I save my pasta water it store it in the fridge for other things and it's like no it's really it's only there to help your sauces I think it's got a little blown out of proportion like just how much I love pasta water Braun is a professional wrestler which perhaps you could tell he was at that time the largest human we had had I think still by weight he's the largest human who I've ever done it back to back with this was the first celeb that the entire production crew was freaking out about like Kevin was freaking out Tyree was freaking out like everybody behind the scenes knew who he was and was like getting photos afterwards and of course you know I had never heard of him before in my life I have like a theory on what this mean means but I'm not like entirely sure that's the cutest little puppy ever down in Ecuador Tobi goofy was his name final answer you know where he is now Golden Eagles swoop down and pick them up golden eagle that was I think that was my favorite one it's so spot-on I mean truly like with my actual boyfriend Oz like if you don't make it with my parents like it's not gonna work dad this is will and Harry they run an account on Instagram like look at this one this one I've seen everyone's showed me this because people kept telling me I look like this trick but I don't know who she is I've never seen scooby-doo so I didn't know if I was supposed to be offended or not and then I did a lot of thorough research on Velma and I'm like I guess it's time I don't only own an orange turtleneck but the day that I wore that we shot like 16 so it just kind of looks like all I own is an orange turtleneck oh I'll tell you what was happening here this is a photo of betrayal masked by joy and rock and roll but really what happened is that he took called assumed that got on my recipe oh for God's sakes I swear to got it it's gonna be that's gonna be on my like obituary like I don't even get it first of all Brad discovered sumac maybe max max maybe max eight years ago I probably had sumac within like three months of being born so let's not let just like set that interest rate plus plus between Brad and myself like I've developed hundreds of recipes and Brad has definitely developed a few recipes but I think I knew exactly what would be the best for both but himself myself for the magazine for the recipe and for I don't know most cooks this is this is a an evil betrayal photo disguised as fun final answer and Adam Adam Rapoport our editor and she would not be happy with that decision if there was sumac in the cranberry sauce he would like mix that by the way so I feel like I kind of protected breath to be honest but also like this photo has gone around and the amount of DMS I've received where it has to do with like I don't even know if I'm allowed to say this or if this will get cut but just like the start of like a gay porn between me and Brad it's like it's too many of those I actually have one of those plates in my house one of the pie dish has basically me working from home I miss work so much this is listen this meme is ridiculous it like you guys I mean how do you feel about becoming something of a sex symbol III wouldn't I don't feel entirely comfortable with it I'll say that much I think originally the way that I was very generously reading it was you know Andy maybe a snack but a meal is a whole meal but I don't think that that's necessarily what you were trying to convey here but hopefully they're not just thinking about that and they're actually looking at the food and reading the stories and watching the videos and not just looking at my ass oh my god this is like the happiest day ever I love babies they're so cute I was also getting secret pleasure from knowing that Brad and Chris had to do gourmet makes you actually have a special guest with us oh my god oh my god it's Mike and Thea hi there you go there you go I know I was saying that before I was like I never thought I would say this but it was like I really really miss doing gourmet makes it's like take me back all right cool bye guys thank you bye keep making them killer means I'm the meme take one second banana yet nobody gets a second banana maybe you weren't listening properly okay once you open the Pandora's box of like more than one banana a day like it's just there's there's nowhere else to go cuz then it's like what are you gonna do like a third banana you know a fourth banana it'll be anarchyhi I'm Harry and I'm will and together we run meme Appetit you might know us from some of these contrary to popular belief matte decor does not run this account we're actually just two fans from England we are like everyone else watching this video of huge fans of BA so we actually got the idea for the account after discovery our shared passion ba the first ba videos I watched actually were way back in the day you know 2015 before even like it's alive existed but I think the one that really got me into it was actually the first episode of it's live and I really just want oh god oh god no cut cut then tragedy over first time making sure looks like it immediately I was like this guy should be in memes like he needs to be a meme because he is hilarious the first be a video that I watched was actually Alex eats it all the cheese flakes episode and I respected from that we're gonna talk to some of the Test Kitchen staff today we're gonna go behind the meme ah behind the meme hey what's up guys what's up guys how are you hi guys I don't know if this is like a dream or if this is a nightmare but this is inspired by a John Mulaney skit you're in a car with your children you see a McDonald's sign and the kids are swimming with dolls but Donald's McDonald's and then there's three options you can either say we've got fruit at home and refuse you can also get excited and take the kids to McDonald's or you can do the Power Move of pulling in ordering a single black coffee and leaving and you guys have me at the bottom being like oh oh oh don't alright let's go get a happy meal I haven't stepped of food in my mind oh nothing like twin almost eighteen years I do we don't I don't I don't go to fast food I just don't we don't do it oh you guys you guys that one up big time you guys don't know me you guys don't know anything oh gosh no we're not going to McDonald's well okay I guess my first question is who did this because they're fired Oh Harry hurt my feelings Harry I think anyone who is familiar with my enthusiasm for anything clear Sacketts has ever worked on will like make the pretty obvious deduction that I am like a junk food kid it's totally wrong for Brad thanks Peggy I filled them in yeah he's at the top of the triangle we have food at home oh whoa whoa hey family show Delaney's got some weird like you know McDonald's flex for sure I will say Mik Cafe Coffee is like kind of underrated um I think I would be we have food at home I think you're accurate we made smash burgers at home last night you know and it was delightful we had pretzel buns and I put kimchi and gochujang on line and everybody was happy you know so the only food that I've eaten that hasn't been cooked by myself or one of my to quarantine mates was when I caved and went to the McDonald's drive-through I wouldn't be here I would I would want to make my own McDonald's at home but it wouldn't I wouldn't be forced I would sahlan tears I need another little bubble near clear I'm very excited to talk to Claire Claire's been quite an elusive figure for us she's never liked any of our posts she doesn't follow us on Instagram we feel like maybe she hates us so hopefully we'll find out that she doesn't I sort of take the stance with meme a petite that I do with the videos themselves which is sometimes I stay away for a very long time and don't really look and then sometimes I like in one day like go through everything that I haven't seen the day three comes real the day three curse was invented by Dan it is a total construct I really do relate to this to to these like photos of like I'm like a little rough around the edges like I haven't been getting enough sleep or whatever oh Delaney Delaney comes down to the Test Kitchen more than any other person and it's like five times a day and so like I'm usually happy to see him but on a day 3 episode I don't feel like explaining to Delaney for the 15th time that episode what's going wrong I mean look if if there's any way that I can get some of Claire's frustration out and she can get across the finish line maybe I'm the unsung hero of gourmet mix in that regard so many people sent me this it wasn't like a joke to send me this they're like we're actually worried about this who is looking with a deep sort of expression of skepticism and maybe a little bit of fear no no no no you guys see you guys totally misinterpreted it see what's happening is we only have one pair of safety goggles in the kitchen okay and unless you're the person wearing the goggles you like you hanging back you know to mean like you get like a little like pot lid shield like whatever it takes I was actually so delighted she even listened to me I think this was still in the middle of like the high point of that shoot day which enclose in my episode of making perfect in season to Thanksgiving which was went down in history is like one of the most disastrous shoot days of all time I wasn't expecting to be asked to join that season and it was really cool and very exciting obviously because you know the way that that show is formatted we work in pairs and so obviously I was very excited to work with Claire I sort of forgot how commandeering she can be you know she's just like a tough cut she's a tough group project cookie obviously this is from a goal may make when you were being just like wonderfully supportive to her we're all really close with her and so when she is feeling bad when she is like kind of spiraling it makes everyone feel equally as bad and you want to help her out I am seeing one of my favorite is meme Appetit I know I love this one I brought tears to my eyes when I saw it it made me feel it made me feel special some people will DM me being like should I save my pasta water it store it in the fridge for other things and it's like no it's really it's only there to help your sauces I think it's got a little blown out of proportion like just how much I love pasta water Braun is a professional wrestler which perhaps you could tell he was at that time the largest human we had had I think still by weight he's the largest human who I've ever done it back to back with this was the first celeb that the entire production crew was freaking out about like Kevin was freaking out Tyree was freaking out like everybody behind the scenes knew who he was and was like getting photos afterwards and of course you know I had never heard of him before in my life I have like a theory on what this mean means but I'm not like entirely sure that's the cutest little puppy ever down in Ecuador Tobi goofy was his name final answer you know where he is now Golden Eagles swoop down and pick them up golden eagle that was I think that was my favorite one it's so spot-on I mean truly like with my actual boyfriend Oz like if you don't make it with my parents like it's not gonna work dad this is will and Harry they run an account on Instagram like look at this one this one I've seen everyone's showed me this because people kept telling me I look like this trick but I don't know who she is I've never seen scooby-doo so I didn't know if I was supposed to be offended or not and then I did a lot of thorough research on Velma and I'm like I guess it's time I don't only own an orange turtleneck but the day that I wore that we shot like 16 so it just kind of looks like all I own is an orange turtleneck oh I'll tell you what was happening here this is a photo of betrayal masked by joy and rock and roll but really what happened is that he took called assumed that got on my recipe oh for God's sakes I swear to got it it's gonna be that's gonna be on my like obituary like I don't even get it first of all Brad discovered sumac maybe max max maybe max eight years ago I probably had sumac within like three months of being born so let's not let just like set that interest rate plus plus between Brad and myself like I've developed hundreds of recipes and Brad has definitely developed a few recipes but I think I knew exactly what would be the best for both but himself myself for the magazine for the recipe and for I don't know most cooks this is this is a an evil betrayal photo disguised as fun final answer and Adam Adam Rapoport our editor and she would not be happy with that decision if there was sumac in the cranberry sauce he would like mix that by the way so I feel like I kind of protected breath to be honest but also like this photo has gone around and the amount of DMS I've received where it has to do with like I don't even know if I'm allowed to say this or if this will get cut but just like the start of like a gay porn between me and Brad it's like it's too many of those I actually have one of those plates in my house one of the pie dish has basically me working from home I miss work so much this is listen this meme is ridiculous it like you guys I mean how do you feel about becoming something of a sex symbol III wouldn't I don't feel entirely comfortable with it I'll say that much I think originally the way that I was very generously reading it was you know Andy maybe a snack but a meal is a whole meal but I don't think that that's necessarily what you were trying to convey here but hopefully they're not just thinking about that and they're actually looking at the food and reading the stories and watching the videos and not just looking at my ass oh my god this is like the happiest day ever I love babies they're so cute I was also getting secret pleasure from knowing that Brad and Chris had to do gourmet makes you actually have a special guest with us oh my god oh my god it's Mike and Thea hi there you go there you go I know I was saying that before I was like I never thought I would say this but it was like I really really miss doing gourmet makes it's like take me back all right cool bye guys thank you bye keep making them killer means I'm the meme take one second banana yet nobody gets a second banana maybe you weren't listening properly okay once you open the Pandora's box of like more than one banana a day like it's just there's there's nowhere else to go cuz then it's like what are you gonna do like a third banana you know a fourth banana it'll be anarchy\n"