{"id":595403,"date":"2023-01-07T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/ronzonis-pastina-is-discontinuing-and-im-devastated\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:20:00","slug":"ronzonis-pastina-is-discontinuing-and-im-devastated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/ronzonis-pastina-is-discontinuing-and-im-devastated\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronzoni’s Pastina Is Discontinuing and I’m Devastated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2023 is barely underway, but it already has its first major casualty: Ronzoni announced last week that it would be ceasing production this January of pastina, the star-shaped pasta beloved in so many Italian American households.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ronzoni gave little information as to why it would be discontinuing pastina, besides a\u00a0tweet the brand shared<\/a>, claiming it was a difficult but unavoidable decision resulting from a problem with its supplier. \u201cWe searched extensively for an alternative solution but were unable to identify a viable solution,\u201d the tweet read. The backlash to the news was immediate.\u00a0Tearful farewells<\/a>\u00a0 appeared on TikTok; Twitter users decried the decision, with one\u00a0user<\/a> sharing a gif of\u00a0White Lotus<\/em>\u2019s Jennifer Coolidge crying and shooting a gun\u00a0with the caption, \u201cMe after finding the person at Ronzoni responsible for discontinuing pastina\u200b.\u201d At this time,\u00a0six<\/a>\u00a0separate<\/a>\u00a0petitions<\/a> have formed on Change.org to try to save the pasta. Meanwhile, offline\u00a0pastina lovers have already started hoarding boxes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I get the devastation: I grew up eating the comfort food staple, which was often served with a simple but heaping combination of salt, butter, milk, or parmesan. My mother made it for me when I was sick and it was the first food I learned how to make on the stovetop. At some point in fifth grade, I made it every day as an after-school snack. After two weeks of finding tiny stars in the kitchen drain, my mother dryly informed me that it was time to \u201ccool it with the pastina.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pastina literally means \u201clittle pasta\u201d and can refer to any number of miniature pastas, but Ronzoni, founded in 1915 by an Italian immigrant, helped to mainstream the star shape found in pasta bowls across the U.S. It boils in a few minutes because of its small shape and makes a whimsical addition to soups, whether in a chicken-and-stars or a celebratory Italian wedding. It\u2019s often\u00a0cut from the leftovers of pasta<\/a>. Scraps of dough, rendered celestial.<\/p>\n

The adoration for pastina starts at an early age. YouTube hosts\u00a0thousands of videos of users making pastina “just like nonna did.”\u00a0The Sopranos<\/em> references it multiple times; Carmela lovingly calls the dish “pasteen” when offering to make it for sick family members. \u201cPastina is the one thing I can count on,\u201d one glum\u00a0petitioner<\/a> wrote.\u00a0Another<\/a> expanded on the dish\u2019s importance to Italian Americans: \u201cPastina is the best! I have had it since I was a child and now make it for my family. Don\u2019t do this! You are killing my and many Italian family traditions! Basta!\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, whenever I make pastina, I think about why I became so attached to the stuff. I was the only Black girl in fifth grade, getting off the bus with frizzy hair I didn\u2019t know how to care for and a craving for the most comforting food I knew. Even though I have little contact with the white, Italian-American side of my extended family, I still crave pastina when I am sick or heartbroken. Like my mother, I always keep a box in my pantry.<\/p>\n

One small relief: Though it appears the humble pastina is the latest victim in an increasingly tenuous supply chain, supermarket chain Barilla\u00a0does<\/em> seem like it will continue to make the iconic shape. So rest easy, my fellow star-eaters\u2014pastina will live on, even if it might be harder to find than before. In the meantime, get down to your nearest pasta aisle, like I\u2019ll be doing, and stock up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Celia Mattison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2023 is barely underway, but it already has its first major casualty: Ronzoni announced last week that it would be ceasing production this January of pastina, the star-shaped pasta beloved in so many Italian American households.\u00a0 Ronzoni gave little information as to why it would be discontinuing pastina, besides a\u00a0tweet the brand shared, claiming it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":595404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,117777,117776],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-financial","category-pastina","category-ronzonis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}