Shoutout to the $60 I wasted on a fancy pasta maker from a Facebook ad

I bought this hand-crank pasta maker after seeing a video of someone making perfect fettuccine in 10 minutes. Spent about 3 hours trying to get the dough right, and it came out like sticky play-doh that jammed the rollers. Tried their recipe exactly, even called my grandma to check my flour ratio, and she said it sounded like a scam. The machine broke on the second use, and the seller won't respond to my messages. Has anyone else had luck with a cheap pasta maker, or should I just stick to buying dried stuff from the store?

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emery1994d ago

William your grandma probably knew that recipe was too good to be true. Did you ever try adjusting the hydration level in the dough, like dropping the water by a tablespoon or two? I messed around with a cheap hand-crank model once and found out most of those ad recipes are way too wet for the machine to handle. It took me three tries just to get the dough to stop sticking, and that was before the rollers started slipping. Did you check if the machine had any kind of warranty or return policy? Sounds like you got stuck with a dud and a bad recipe.

william_torres4d ago

Bet your grandma knew the real recipe was time and practice, not some shiny ad trick.

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johnson.paul3d ago

You used to be the guy chasing after every shortcut and hack too? Because I was. I fell for those glossy ads more than once, thinking I could skip straight to perfect results. But after burning through a couple of bad machines and wasting a ton of ingredients, I finally got it through my thick skull. There's no substitute for just messing up and learning from your mistakes. That "time and practice" bit your grandmother talked about, that's the real deal. It's stubborn, boring work, but it's the only thing that actually sticks.