Domino's: Eat Your Pasta. In A Bread Bowl.
The booger-tainted pizza chain has taken this opportunity to introduce their newest food innovation. Pasta... in a bread bowl! Just in case there aren't enough carbs in pasta... why not eat the bowl it comes in?
From AOL:
The new penne pasta dishes — served in bread bowls — are available in six flavors: chicken carbonara, Italian sausage marinara, chicken alfredo, pasta primavera, three cheese mac-n-cheese and a "build your own" pasta. The build-your-own option lets diners choose up to three ingredients from Domino's pizza toppings.
AOL's article about the new menu offering was riddled with references to the YouTube food tainting episode, which makes us wonder why they didn't delay the launch of this carb-bomb a few weeks. Oh well, that's why we're not the PR experts, right?
Domino's Bread Bowl Pasta [BuzzFeed]
Domino's Pizza Introduces Bread Bowl Pasta [AOL]
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Now that's a lot of carbs. Haha. I may order one. Just to try it.
I guess they want to try to capitalize on all those extra website hits (good or bad).
Didn't someone once say there is no such thing as bad press?
Up next: pureed pasta sucked through an edible bread straw. It's Domino's new Extreme CarboTube!
That looks disgusting. Weird how T2 diabetes is on the rise...
@whyerhead: prolly...they could have delayed the launch, and in certain circumstances people have long memories. They probably would have had to delay at least 6 months to avoid it.
More bread less good stuff, what a deal!
And I'm a fan of bread...
Domino's...making fat people and stoners happy since 1960.
I looooove pasta and bread as much as the next person - but this is really excessive. If they took out half the pasta and sauce (which is probably loaded with sugar) and replaced it with fresh veggies, then maybe.
Looks like great stoner food.
"Dude... I want pasta... with bread... with the pasta inside the bread."
The comments on the AOL article are hilarious. Someone blamed Obama for the food tainting incident.
"rshepherd79: Snot nosed liberal kids put boogers in your food, be it Domino's, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Hardee's etc...it's the "Change" you folks want. You got it!"
Yes, because this stuff never happened until Obama was elected. Yay America.
Gross. Also, kind of stupid. Doesn't Domino's know that people are avoiding white flour based, carb filled foods like woah? Is this even a wheat bowl or pasta?
A nearby restaurant called Generous George's sells pasta in a bread shell, I've never tried one but my in-laws love them
I hope you have registered "booger-tainted pizza" as a trademark.
I love pasta, I LOVE bread, and I adore bread bowls of soup or stew, but... ew. Just... no.
Domino's apparently has the ability to hack into my dark and secret dreams.
... They look delicious!
I think this food is missing something... maybe mashed potatoes and a Power Bar could help it.
Oh my, they're marketing a product that isn't health food? How awful! Blatant oppression and exploitation of the masses. These criminals need to be stopped.
[sarcasm off]
If this is a bad idea, people won't buy it and it will be discontinued. This ridiculous trend of "calling out" places like fast food and pizza joints for serving unhealthy food is comical. They are a business, and they think there is enough of a market to make money off this idea. In other words, they are trying to give their customers what they want.
Since when is that a problem?
My blood glucose levels just shot up 40 points just reading about this.
I'm sure if you split it with 20 people, it won't be nearly as bad for you..
Not that I plan on ever trying this, but, um, has nobody here ever had garlic bread with pasta? Add some roasted garlic to the bowl dough and you would be halfway there...
I may have to try one of those, but I'm also considering finding a way to make my own.
@veg-o-matic: oooh oooh oooh, I want one! But can you brulee the outside of the straw with crunchy sugar?
@KyleOrton: More importantly, can you request that it be rolled up in an authentic Parisian crepe, baked in a corn husk, then deep fried in a blueberry pancake?
.. with a commemorative tote.
@squinko: But you have to agree with the spirit of the comment. IF you believed (I mean REALLY believed, like in fairies) that Barack Obama's first act of office was to get his loyal followers to put boogers in your food, you'd be angry too. Admit it.
@KyleOrton: Haha. Maybe once his term is over we'll have the political courage to expose these booger-related atrocities as the inexcusable abuses of power they are.
@squinko: Its the wacko right wing fringes, what do you expect. Obamas approval rating is still at like 65% and they just cant deal.
Add in everything coming out about just how evil and corrupt Bush and comp really where, and you get the loonietoons who are looking to cling to anything to blame on a guy who has been in office for 3 months.
Next thing you know, they will say the Iraq war was Obamas fault because he's Muslim even though he is actually a Christian....
You best bet these days is to take note who is saying it, and ignore them like the idiots they are.
Dominos is known for their crust/bread the way restaurants are known for their plates. The only thing that makes their pizza palatable is the sauce, cheese, and toppings. Even then, it usually takes 3-5 drinks for it to appear appetizing.
eep. it looks gross, but honestly, i'll end up trying that shit. i have always hated dominos pizza, but since they have the awesome website that tracks your order, i actually have ordered quite a few times... :(
@Rhayader: I think you missed the point.
The point is that maybe they should have waited to launch a new product until the fallout from the booger-pizza videos settled, especially since it was mentioned in the article about the new products.
@Cafezinha: That site is hilarious, I look at it before I go to the gym. I end up losing my appetite for about 2 hours by looking at that garbage, heh.
and America is FAT because.........?!?!?!
@veg-o-matic: There's a place near Columbia that sells giant slices of pizza and it's right across from a Chipotle. We have long proposed combining the two as a pizza-wrapped-burrito.
All they need now is a cheese stuffed crust bread bowl to make it even more disgusting.
@Jim Topoleski: Note to self: Follow Jim Topoleski's advice, ignore Jim Topoleski.
Just kidding (sort of). I completely agree with the absurdity of trying to defend our use of torture. However, there are legitimate grounds for criticism of Obama.
Not everyone alarmed by his over-reaching and abuse of executive power is on the "wacko right wing fringes". There are still people who value the notion of freedom in this country, whether it be financial or social freedom. It has to do with this weird desire to pay attention to the Constitution.
Our last President certainly had no trouble ignoring that inconvenient little document, and I'm not sure our new one takes it any more seriously.
@You Cannot Untoast: I'd rather eat one of these than a Famous Bowl from KFC. What the hell is it famous for anyway, being the grossest fast food offering outside of Taco Bell?
@E-Rock: So they should just drop completely off the face of the earth until booger-gate comes to a close?
Look, your sentiment is absolutely valid business advice for the folks at Domino's. But to frame this new offering as an affront to consumers (as the tone of this piece seems to imply) is disingenuous at best. Using the sarcastic "healthy" tag also hints at a responsibility on Domino's part to avoid offering unhealthy items, which is complete hogwash.
Poor business decisions should not be mistaken for mistreatment of customers.
@Rhayader: Legitimate criticisms of Obama are one thing. Blaming him for two idiots tainting food at their workplace is another.
@ceez: Because we like fatty foods. Apparently that can be blamed on the companies who offer them to us.
The people who give us what we are asking for are the real criminals here, naturally.
I wonder what they do with the guts of the bread loaf?
I'll play devil's advocate here and guess that the launch of this was already planned well in advance of the Conover incident. ..