Western Spaghetti

How it feels

This animated short shows someone making spaghetti in a kitchen. But the ingredients are not real food, they are everyday objects like rubber bands, dice, and a sponge that stand in for pasta, sauce, and meat.

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What happens

Western Spaghetti is a 2008 American animated short film written and directed by PES. It is credited with originating the stop-motion cooking film genre, depicting the preparation of a spaghetti dish using substituted everyday objects in place of real ingredients. The film marked the first in a series of cooking films by PES that includes the Academy Award–nominated Fresh Guacamole (2012) and Submarine Sandwich (2014). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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