Canned pasta is pretty nasty but I remember being broke as fuck working 3 minimum wage jobs barely able to afford rent with very little time or energy and absolutely relishing when I could get home, smoke a bowl, knock a can of beefaroni in a pot with some canned chilis in adobo and sit for 45 goddamn minutes and watch Star Trek.

I think, per dollar, its cheaper to make from scratch, but that's a lotta time and it's not all that much cheaper to use a can.

Is it the death of Italian cuisine? Eh, maybe, but Italian cuisine is mid anyway someone should teach them about these crazy things called spices.

Well, to be fair...the English palette exists

The only thing I really hate about canned pasta things is that the pasta is usually overcooked and soggy AF; especially spaghetti-like noodles. I'd rather have just the sauce in the can and then I can make my own pasta and have it cooked al dente.

And since carbonara is so easy and cheap, I wouldn't really get pre-made anyway.

Wait, the article says to use parmesan, eggs, pancetta and spaghetti? Uh, it is pecorino, eggs, guanciale and spaghetti. This is basically the only way to get the best results. You can fuck with any other italian pasta, but carbonara is only good if done exactly with these four ingredients. And of course a ton of black pepper.

I know, I tried every possible combination. The only one that makes sense is the one with pecorino and guanciale.

The Brits will lap it up. I lived there. The jokes about thelr food is pretty spot on across a broad swipe of the population.