A blender TikTok pasta recipe outraged Italians. There’s a better way

There's a long-established tradition of Italians being horrified at the ways in which Americans mistreat their beloved food traditions.

"You break spaghetti, you break my heart," reads a T-shirt for sale by an entity called Italians Mad at Food, which documents Italians mocking people for committing culinary sins that range from referring to "Italian dressing" to cooking pasta beyond the al dente stage to putting pineapple on pizza.