Pasta question?

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Italians eat pizza with a knife and fork and think N Americans very crude
for picking it up.

Oh hog spittle, where do you get such tripe?

Hmm ? She is right, you know.
They eat pizza with knife and fork.

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Say, you're not the same
person who claimed that the Japanese always use spoons with their soup,
are you?

They hold the spoon with their sticks ?

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

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>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>> Dee Dee
>
> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>
> Jill
>
Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)

Dee Dee

Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
either!

Jill

DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
sunshine."

I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

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Italians eat pizza with a knife and fork and think N Americans very crude
for picking it up.

Oh hog spittle, where do you get such tripe? Say, you're not the same
person who claimed that the Japanese always use spoons with their soup,
are you?

LOL! So what do the Japanese use for eating their soup - chopsticks??

Sorry Peter, but I just found your post amusing - thanks 😉

FWIW, I eat pizza with 'my hands' - DH uses a knife and fork - and he's
not even Italian...

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Although I agree 99% with pasta cooks that oil is a no-no, this might be
the exception to the rule if you plan on cooking pasta with a pressure
cooker at your altitude. From what I understand, a couple of drops of oil
will break the surface tension of the water enough to help decrease
foaming, which might interfere with your cooker's pressure regulator.

Either way, it's something to think about. For 50 cents worth of pasta it
might be worth an experiment or two to be better safe than sorry. Best of
luck.

Hasta,
Curt Nelson

I just can't agree with the pressure cooker idea. The same pasta can take
different times on different days or particularly for different sauces.
Slightly overcooked pasta can be horrible and slimy in cream sauces, for
example. You have to bite it to test it. You can't do that using a
pressure cooker. The pasta continues to cook while it cools!

So, it takes 25 minutes at her altitude. At least she ends up with edible
pasta. In a pressure cooker she'll likely end up with wheat jelly. I'd use
it for beans or perhaps stews or long cooking stuff, but never for pasta.--
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Yeah.

As much as I love my pressure cooker, pasta is one thing I doubt I'd
even consider using it for.

Best to just cook it longer.
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Italians eat pizza with a knife and fork and think N Americans very crude
for picking it up.

Oh hog spittle, where do you get such tripe? Say, you're not the same
person who claimed that the Japanese always use spoons with their soup,
are you?

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No, I am the idiot who lives in Italy.

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Although I agree 99% with pasta cooks that oil is a no-no, this might be
the exception to the rule if you plan on cooking pasta with a pressure
cooker at your altitude. From what I understand, a couple of drops of oil
will break the surface tension of the water enough to help decrease
foaming, which might interfere with your cooker's pressure regulator.

Either way, it's something to think about. For 50 cents worth of pasta it
might be worth an experiment or two to be better safe than sorry. Best of
luck.

Hasta,
Curt Nelson

I just can't agree with the pressure cooker idea. The same pasta can take
different times on different days or particularly for different sauces.
Slightly overcooked pasta can be horrible and slimy in cream sauces, for
example. You have to bite it to test it. You can't do that using a
pressure cooker. The pasta continues to cook while it cools!

So, it takes 25 minutes at her altitude. At least she ends up with edible
pasta. In a pressure cooker she'll likely end up with wheat jelly. I'd
use it for beans or perhaps stews or long cooking stuff, but never for
pasta.--
http://www.judithgreenwood.com

Why they use a pressure cooking for pasta? thaey can cook a good pasta over
2000 mt
So I agree with yopu, Giusi 🙂

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>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork. Pretty
>> boring way to eat.
>> Dee Dee
>
> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>
> Jill
>
Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)

Dee Dee

Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
month!
Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then, either!

Jill

DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of wine.
The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without sunshine."

I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza, but
it sure enhances my meal.

Dee Dee you speak like a very italian 😄

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Italians eat pizza with a knife and fork and think N Americans very crude
for picking it up. They also feed the long pasta into a big pot as it
softens. Doesn't take long.>

Didn't know that about the Italians....but I also just came back from
Spain and they ate pizza with a knife and fork too. Good thing I
didn't order pizza - wouldn't want to look crude! ;-)

The next time I go to TJs I am getting that really long spaghetti! I
will be fun to try and eat it. I am reminded of a 3 Stooges sketch
suddenly - which revolved around a meatball and a pile of
spaghetti....or maybe one long strand of spaghetti? Anyone? I
suppose I could try and search for it on youtube....

-Tracy(not really a 3 Stooges fan)

When I Am with friends I eat my pizza with fingers 🙂

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>>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>>> Dee Dee
>>
>> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>>
>> Jill
>>
> Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)
>
> Dee Dee

Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
either!

Jill

DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
sunshine."

I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

I have drunk at dinner 4 glasses of Nebbiolo. Am I dead drunk ?????? LOLOLOL

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>>>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>>>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>>>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>>>> Dee Dee
>>>
>>> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>> Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)
>>
>> Dee Dee
>
> Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
> month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
> either!
>
> Jill
>
DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
sunshine."

I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

I have drunk at dinner 4 glasses of Nebbiolo. Am I dead drunk ?????? LOLOLOL

I too love wine. Never open the wine bottle while I'm cooking, always
after everything is done. Else you'll have me just mildly inebriated.

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>>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>>> Dee Dee
>>
>> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>>
>> Jill
>>
> Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)
>
> Dee Dee

Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
either!

Jill

DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
sunshine."

I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

Yes, I was well aware of possible repercussions (sp?) of that when I wrote
it. ;-)

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enough people to make it worth the effort."

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>>>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>>>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>>>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>>>> Dee Dee
>>>
>>> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>> Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)
>>
>> Dee Dee
>
> Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
> month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
> either!
>
> Jill
>
DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
sunshine."

I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

I have drunk at dinner 4 glasses of Nebbiolo. Am I dead drunk ??????
LOLOLOL

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Pandora

"Drunk" may be OK, but not "dead."

Pandora, today a woman said something to me, just one sentence, and when she
said this, I thought that she looks just like Pandora in her picture. I
asked if she was Italian. She said yes, that she was from the northern part
of Italy. I swear she looked just like you, but she was much, much older.
She said that her father was a newpaper editor and her husband was a
newspaper reporter when they met, married and she came to the U.S. since
1960. She speaks English perfectly but with an accent, but her children
have no accent. She said she cannot lose it, it's too late. She was smiling
all through our conversation.

It's been a long time since I met an Italian-born Italian. I felt like I
was talking to you. It was great fun. We talked about food for about 5
minutes before our husbands called us away.
Dee Dee

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>>>>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>>>>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>>>>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>>>>> Dee Dee
>>>>
>>>> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>> Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)
>>>
>>> Dee Dee
>>
>> Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
>> month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
>> either!
>>
>> Jill
>>
> DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
> wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
> sunshine."
>
> I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
> but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

I have drunk at dinner 4 glasses of Nebbiolo. Am I dead drunk ??????
LOLOLOL

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Pandora

"Drunk" may be OK, but not "dead."

Pandora, today a woman said something to me, just one sentence, and when she
said this, I thought that she looks just like Pandora in her picture. I
asked if she was Italian. She said yes, that she was from the northern part
of Italy. I swear she looked just like you, but she was much, much older.
She said that her father was a newpaper editor and her husband was a
newspaper reporter when they met, married and she came to the U.S. since
1960. She speaks English perfectly but with an accent, but her children
have no accent. She said she cannot lose it, it's too late. She was smiling
all through our conversation.

It's been a long time since I met an Italian-born Italian. I felt like I
was talking to you. It was great fun. We talked about food for about 5
minutes before our husbands called us away.
Dee Dee

If I want to talk to an Italian that was born in Italy I have to go
about 800 feet directly northeast of here. There you'll find Tony's
Colonial, a nice little store with fresh foods, cheeses, pastas, etc.

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It's been a long time since I met an Italian-born Italian. I felt like I
was talking to you. It was great fun. We talked about food for about 5
minutes before our husbands called us away.

Where do you live?

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It's been a long time since I met an Italian-born Italian. I felt like I
was talking to you. It was great fun. We talked about food for about 5
minutes before our husbands called us away.

Where do you live?

Providence, RI. The Federal Hill section of the city.

cybercat said:

Where do you live?

Where do you live?

-sw

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It's been a long time since I met an Italian-born Italian. I felt like I
was talking to you. It was great fun. We talked about food for about 5
minutes before our husbands called us away.

Where do you live?

Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, U.S.A

No doubt they had jetted in from D.C. They looked pretty top notch.
Dee Dee

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>>>>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>>>>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>>>>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>>>>> Dee Dee
>>>>
>>>> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>> Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)
>>>
>>> Dee Dee
>>
>> Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
>> month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
>> either!
>>
>> Jill
>>
> DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
> wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
> sunshine."
>
> I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
> but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

I have drunk at dinner 4 glasses of Nebbiolo. Am I dead drunk ??????
LOLOLOL

I too love wine. Never open the wine bottle while I'm cooking, always
after everything is done. Else you'll have me just mildly inebriated.

ROTFL But sometimes I open bottle while I Am cooking because our Italian
cousine is rich of wine (red and white) 😉

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>>>>> I don't like twirling, don't like stabbing -- I just scoop and eat
>>>>> about 3 strands at a time that haven't fallen off the fork.
>>>>> Pretty boring way to eat.
>>>>> Dee Dee
>>>>
>>>> If it works for you what difference does it make? 😉
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>> Makes none, if you've had enough wine ;-)
>>>
>>> Dee Dee
>>
>> Maybe that's my problem. I haven't had any wine since my trip last
>> month! Come to think of it, I haven't had any pasta since then,
>> either!
>>
>> Jill
>>
> DH came back from his trip to NY and brought two 12 bottle boxes of
> wine. The old addage for me, "A day without wine is a day without
> sunshine."
>
> I don't drink much at a time, a glass; maybe two with pasta or pizza,
> but it sure enhances my meal.

Careful! Some newbies here will accuse you of being a "drunk"! LOL

Jill

I have drunk at dinner 4 glasses of Nebbiolo. Am I dead drunk ??????
LOLOLOL

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Pandora

"Drunk" may be OK, but not "dead."

Pandora, today a woman said something to me, just one sentence, and when
she said this, I thought that she looks just like Pandora in her picture.
I asked if she was Italian. She said yes, that she was from the northern
part of Italy. I swear she looked just like you, but she was much, much
older. She said that her father was a newpaper editor and her husband was
a newspaper reporter when they met, married and she came to the U.S. since
1960.

Ohhh!I Am a journalist too ! And I was born in 1960!
It's a pity I can't see her 🙂

She speaks English perfectly but with an accent, but her children

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have no accent. She said she cannot lose it, it's too late. She was
smiling all through our conversation.

What a nice person !!!!! I would like to meet her 😉

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It's been a long time since I met an Italian-born Italian. I felt like I
was talking to you. It was great fun. We talked about food for about 5
minutes before our husbands called us away.
Dee Dee

Sent a picture! I Am curious!
And thank you for this beautiful story 🙂

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ChattyCathy said:

Heh. I am talking store-bought (dried?) spaghetti here.... so sue me!

The cooking "destructions" say that it should be cooked in boiling
(salted) water (with a tablespoon of oil added to the water) for 10-12
minutes...

Yeah right!

Mine always takes *at least* 25 minutes before it's "al dente" i.e. it's
not "soggy".
And yes, before anyone asks, the water is *boiling* the whole time...

Is it just me or...???

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my question would be is, are you cooking with electric or gas?? C