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Pastafarians, Pirates and Climate Change

We Pastafarians believe that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters are caused by the decline in the number of pirates since the beginning of the 19th century. We have a scientific proof – just look at the chart below. In this article I will focus on global warming, that has recently become a hot issue.

How is global warming connected to pirates? The simplest explanation is that we believe in a direct cause, but do not yet know its exact nature. The Creator works in mysterious ways, especially when the Creator is a Flying Spaghetti Monster. We have faith in the words of the FSM and its Prophet Bobby, may he be blessed with fresh parmesan for all his days, and we view the chart as sufficient evidence. Perhaps one day science will discover the nature of the connection between pirates and global warming. Until then we can marvel at the wonder of FSM’s creation and have faith.

On a deeper level, we can ask ourselves, when were the pirates at their peak? The Golden Age of piracy was in late 17th – early 18th centuries. What carried the pirate ships across the high seas? Of course, the wind in their sails. With the transition to coal-powered ships the number of pirates declined, and emission of carbon dioxide has risen. Carbon dioxide is, according to the scientists, the main cause of global warming. In its superior wisdom the FSM has chosen the pirates, who used clean technologies, as our guides. Thus FSM signals us, that it would rather have us follow the ways of the pirates, our divine ancestors, and use non-polluting technologies such as wind turbines.

Some Pastafarians, however, are skeptical, and choose not to take the sacred Gospel of FSM literally. That’s OK. As we know, the greatest gift our Unintelligent Designer has given us is the use of our brains for reasoning and application of common sense. Wise scientists, who have studied the Creation have collected a vast amount of evidence that greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, are causing global warming, threatening the supply of beer and spaghetti. We Pastafarians are non-dogmatic – if it will be proven not to be the case, we will gladly accept the alternative explanation. Until then, we will remain firmly on the side of modern science and do our best to try and save the only world that we know for sure to have beer and spaghetti.

Ramen!

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Message to my followers

Two years ago I’ve launched my new website – www.doctorspaghetti.org. The Small European Country (SEC) blog has been dormant since. The content of SEC is still there, so you can always go and take a look. But since I no longer post on SEC, I have now moved the followers of SEC to my new website using the tools provided by WordPress, specifically the Jetpack plugin. I hope you will enjoy following my shenanigans in developing the Pastafarian philosophy. Should you wish to unsubsribe, feel free to do so, or let me know so that I can remove you from the list manually.

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The best pasta recipe ever

25th of October is World Pasta Day. To honor this day, I’d like to share the best pasta recipe ever. It’s a treasure I don’t feel deserving to keep for myself.

Image by RitaE (pixabay.com), through needpix.com

Here’s what you’ll need:

Ingredients:

  • Two cans of chopped tomatoes
  • 12 black olives, without pits, chopped
  • 2 tsp of capers, chopped
  • 1 garlic tooth, chopped
  • 2 tsp of dried parsley
  • 100 g of grated parmesan
  • 350 g of spaghetti

Cooking:

Heat the oil and bake the garlic for half a minute. Add the olives and capers and bake for another minute. Add the tomatoes, close the pan and cook slowly for 10-15 minutes, remember to stir occasionally. Add the parsley and cook for 5 more minutes, with the lid open. In the meantime cook the spaghetti (preferably al-dente, of course!). Drain the spaghetti, and serve with the parmesan.

Simple, right? You may rightfully wonder, what makes this quick and easy recipe the best pasta recipe ever? Well, for starters its really tasty. Cooking is easy, as long as you don’t make a fuss of it and don’t overdo it.  It’s quick – within 20 minutes you’ve got yourself a tasty, healthy, nutritional meal. But so are other recipes, aren’t they? Well, this one has a trick – it opens a plenty of opportunities. First of all, the basic recipe is all done without fresh ingredients, and is still healthy. If you feel like adding extra freshness, all it takes is getting fresh parsley. Got some spare time (and tomatoes)? Skin some fresh tomatoes to give your recipe extra flavor.  To spice things up add 1 tsp of dried chili flakes to the garlic. For some extra bite fry an onion before adding the garlic.  Tired of the black olives? Use kalamatas instead (tip: add a tsp of lemon juice). For a Spanish touch replace the parmesan with machego, to give your sauce a ‘putanesca’ twist add some anchovies, and so on.

Happy World Pasta Day!

Ramen!