I wish this was good.... how are people bragging about this technique?!

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Why it worked

The video taps into the popular 'hack' or 'viral recipe' trend, promising a simple, time-saving method for a popular dish. The creator's initial enthusiasm and subsequent dramatic reveal of the failure create a compelling narrative that resonates with viewers who have also had cooking mishaps or are curious about the outcome.

Summary

The creator attempts a viral slow cooker recipe for beef ragu, adding pasta in the last 30 minutes of cooking. While the meat turns out well, cooking the pasta in the slow cooker results in a "yucky texture" due to the starchy water, leading the creator to express disappointment.

Structure

1Adding vegetables to slow cooker
2Adding beef to slow cooker
3Adding tomato products and wine
4Adding seasonings
5Adding pasta to slow cooker
6Stirring and revealing the disappointing texture

Product placement

Slow Cooker (appears, does not act, removing it would change what happens in the video) Table Salt (appears, does not act, removing it would not change what happens in the video) Spices (appears, does not act, removing it would not change what happens in the video) Tomato Paste (appears, does not act, removing it would not change what happens in the video) Crushed Tomatoes (appears, does not act, removing it would not change what happens in the video) Penne Pasta (appears, does not act, removing it would change what happens in the video)

Original caption

I wish this was good.... how are people bragging about this technique?! #fail #Recipe #slowcooker #mumsoftiktok #dinnerinpo

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Transcript

I wish this was good.... how are people bragging about this technique?! #fail #Recipe #slowcooker #mumsoftiktok #dinnerinpo I was so excited to make this, and I was even more excited to share it with you because I thought I was going to share such a life-changing hack. Found this recipe online. I followed the recipe. Ragú itself was delicious and I'm so sad that I wasted six hours of slow cooking on this dish. This is one of those put everything in the slow cooker and when I say everything, I mean everything, including the pasta. And I've always loved the idea of this hack because one less thing to wash. So in the last 30 minutes of cooking time, you're meant to add your pasta to the slow cooker. The meat was perfection. But this is where everything went downhill. The problem with cooking the pasta in the slow cooker is there is nowhere for all that starchy water to go. It was such a yucky texture.