How Do You Eat Spaghetti?



Wayne Boatwright <[email protected]> said:

> On Mon 27 Jun 2005 01:53:29p, Damsel wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > Same thing happens to me when I try to twirl against the plate. Even
> > though I'm over on the side, strands from the main group keep jumping
> > into the fork and making a pasta tennis ball.
>
> Did you twirl baton? Maybe you're just confused. :)

That's where I went wrong!

Carol

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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
 
"Sheldon" <[email protected]> said:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > Damsel wrote :
> >
> > > Same thing happens to me when I try to twirl against the plate.
> >
> > Did you twirl baton? Maybe you're just confused. :)
>
> Damsel may be confused by a lot of things but I bet twirling baton
> ain't one of them... I hear tell she could twirl two at a time while
> doing a split... why do you think they made her wear dat dress! <G>

Dear Lord, can you imagine me doing a split at my age and with this girth?
Scary, scary picture.

But you're right about the batons. You forgot to mention that the ends of
the batons are on fire.

Carol

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Carol replied:

>> Damsel may be confused by a lot of things but I bet twirling baton
>> ain't one of them... I hear tell she could twirl two at a time while
>> doing a split... why do you think they made her wear dat dress! <G>
>
> Dear Lord, can you imagine me doing a split at my age and with this girth?
> Scary, scary picture.
>
> But you're right about the batons. You forgot to mention that the ends of
> the batons are on fire.

He didn't mention it because in his fantasy, the ends of the batons AREN'T
on fire. They're coated with Vaseline, and their ultimate resting place is
within Sheldon "The Receptacle" Katz.

Bob
 
Damsel wrote:
>
> When I was a kid, we got boxes of spaghetti that were about 4 inches square
> on the ends, and around 3 feet long. The pasta inside was folded in half,
> so you were talking strands at least 5-1/2 feet long. One or two were all
> that a fork could hold.
>
> We twirled the cooked pasta by holding the tines of our forks against a
> soup spoon and twirling.
>
> I die inside, just a little, when I see someone chop their spaghetti into
> little pieces. Never could get the hang of twirling against the plate.
>
> How do *you* get 'sketti from the plate to your mouth?
>
> Carol

Twirling it but not against a spoon. I'd never seen anyone do that until
I moved to the US.
 
"Damsel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The Joneses <[email protected]> said:
>
>> Shhhhh, don't tell my DH's Italian relatives - I break the speghetti one
>> normally gets in the grocery in half. fits better in the pots I gots. And
>> one
>> doesn't waste one's precious energy twirlin'. Makes for smaller bites.
>
> What's the sport in that?? You people just aren't any fun! ;)
>
> Carol
>
> --
> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
===========

I break mine in half if DH isn't home and/or going to eat it. I think it's
easier to eat that way.

Cyndi
 
"Arri London" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Damsel wrote:
>>
>> When I was a kid, we got boxes of spaghetti that were about 4 inches
>> square
>> on the ends, and around 3 feet long. The pasta inside was folded in
>> half,
>> so you were talking strands at least 5-1/2 feet long. One or two were
>> all
>> that a fork could hold.
>>
>> We twirled the cooked pasta by holding the tines of our forks against a
>> soup spoon and twirling.
>>
>> I die inside, just a little, when I see someone chop their spaghetti into
>> little pieces. Never could get the hang of twirling against the plate.
>>
>> How do *you* get 'sketti from the plate to your mouth?
>>
>> Carol
>
> Twirling it but not against a spoon. I'd never seen anyone do that until
> I moved to the US.
=============

While I've always lived in the US, I never saw it done until I moved to the
Midwest.

I just cringe when I see it...I can't stand the sound of metal on metal
(fork vs. spoon) and the thought of somebody scratching up the spoons...
nope. It just seems *wrong*!!

Cyndi
 
"Rick & Cyndi" <[email protected]> said:

> "Arri London" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > Twirling it but not against a spoon. I'd never seen anyone do that until
> > I moved to the US.
> =============
>
> While I've always lived in the US, I never saw it done until I moved to the
> Midwest.
>
> I just cringe when I see it...I can't stand the sound of metal on metal
> (fork vs. spoon) and the thought of somebody scratching up the spoons...
> nope. It just seems *wrong*!!

SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAK!

That'll teach ya.

Carol

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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
 
Rick & Cyndi wrote:

> "Damsel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > The Joneses <[email protected]> said:
> >
> >> Shhhhh, don't tell my DH's Italian relatives - I break the speghetti one
> >> normally gets in the grocery in half. fits better in the pots I gots. And
> >> one >> doesn't waste one's precious energy twirlin'. Makes for smaller
> bites.
> >
> > What's the sport in that?? You people just aren't any fun! ;)
> > Carol
>
> I break mine in half if DH isn't home and/or going to eat it. I think it's
> easier to eat that way.
> Cyndi

We could start a fad - a movement even - "You can get anything you want at
Alice's Restaurant!"
Edrena
 
The Joneses <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
>
>> "Damsel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > The Joneses <[email protected]> said:
>> >
>> >> Shhhhh, don't tell my DH's Italian relatives - I break the
>> >> speghetti one normally gets in the grocery in half. fits better in
>> >> the pots I gots. And one >> doesn't waste one's precious energy
>> >> twirlin'. Makes for smaller
>> bites.
>> >
>> > What's the sport in that?? You people just aren't any fun! ;)
>> > Carol
>>
>> I break mine in half if DH isn't home and/or going to eat it. I
>> think it's easier to eat that way.
>> Cyndi
>
> We could start a fad - a movement even - "You can get anything you
> want at Alice's Restaurant!"

"Exceptin' Alice."


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Rick & Cyndi wrote:
>> "Arri London" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>
>>> Damsel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When I was a kid, we got boxes of spaghetti that were about 4
>>>> inches square
>>>> on the ends, and around 3 feet long. The pasta inside was folded
>>>> in half,
>>>> so you were talking strands at least 5-1/2 feet long. One or two
>>>> were all
>>>> that a fork could hold.
>>>>
>>>> We twirled the cooked pasta by holding the tines of our forks
>>>> against a soup spoon and twirling.
>>>>
>>>> I die inside, just a little, when I see someone chop their
>>>> spaghetti into little pieces. Never could get the hang of
>>>> twirling against the plate.
>>>>
>>>> How do *you* get 'sketti from the plate to your mouth?
>>>>
>>>> Carol
>>>
>>> Twirling it but not against a spoon. I'd never seen anyone do that
>>> until I moved to the US.
>> =============
>>
>> While I've always lived in the US, I never saw it done until I moved
>> to the Midwest.
>>
>> I just cringe when I see it...I can't stand the sound of metal on
>> metal (fork vs. spoon) and the thought of somebody scratching up the
>> spoons... nope. It just seems *wrong*!!
>>
I never seem to make contact with the spoon when I do the twirl. If I do it
isn't loud enough to make that sound. No scratched spoons here.

Debbie
 
"Debbie" <[email protected]> said:

> I never seem to make contact with the spoon when I do the twirl. If I do it
> isn't loud enough to make that sound. No scratched spoons here.

Mom called the scratches a "patina." :)

Carol

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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
 
Damsel wrote:

> We kids would have contests to see who could eat the biggest wad of
> spaghetti. As I mentioned earlier, one or two strands is pretty much
> all
> the average person can handle.
>
> Carol
>

Well ok, children also pick their noses and eat their 'snot' bite their
toenails and do other equaly disgusting things often involving
flatulence and the gag reflex (the vernacular "burp").

And metaphorically this is no differant than the "nature red in tooth
and claw" aspect of 'adult' perceptions.
---
JL
 
Joseph Littleshoes <[email protected]> said:

> Damsel wrote:
>
> > We kids would have contests to see who could eat the biggest wad of
> > spaghetti.
>
> Well ok, children also pick their noses and eat their 'snot' bite their
> toenails and do other equaly disgusting things often involving
> flatulence and the gag reflex (the vernacular "burp").

Was my recollection *that* gross?

> And metaphorically this is no differant than the "nature red in tooth
> and claw" aspect of 'adult' perceptions.

Huh?

Carol

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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon
 
"Rick & Cyndi" <[email protected]> writes:

>While I've always lived in the US, I never saw it done until I moved to the
>Midwest.

>I just cringe when I see it...I can't stand the sound of metal on metal
>(fork vs. spoon) and the thought of somebody scratching up the spoons...
>nope. It just seems *wrong*!!

My husband's ceramics professor, a native Italian, used a spoon and
fork to eat spaghetti noodles. It was how he was taught. He was very
fussy about his pasta, too, which always intimidated me.

Stacia
 
Glitter Ninja wrote:
>
> My husband's ceramics professor, a native Italian, used a spoon and
> fork to eat spaghetti noodles. It was how he was taught.

I don't think Italians can be taught... had to be instinctual.


Sheldon
 
Cyndi wrote:

> While I've always lived in the US, I never saw it done until I moved to
> the Midwest.
>
> I just cringe when I see it...I can't stand the sound of metal on metal
> (fork vs. spoon) and the thought of somebody scratching up the spoons...
> nope. It just seems *wrong*!!

Both my parents were from Iowa, and they didn't twirl their spaghetti in a
spoon. The first time I saw the technique was -- honest to God -- in a
cartoon. I think it was an issue of Mad magazine.

Bob
 
Carol wrote:

>> I just cringe when I see it...I can't stand the sound of metal on metal
>> (fork vs. spoon) and the thought of somebody scratching up the spoons...
>> nope. It just seems *wrong*!!
>
> SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAK!
>
> That'll teach ya.

Dunno how many "South Park" watchers we have here, but a recent rerun
featured the elementary school being forced to make drastic budget cuts.
The teacher said something like, "Sorry, children, we can't afford chalk, so
I've got to write on the blackboard with this rusty nail."

Bob
 
Damsel wrote:

> Joseph Littleshoes <[email protected]> said:
>
> > Damsel wrote:
> >
> > > We kids would have contests to see who could eat the biggest wad
> of
> > > spaghetti.
> >
> > Well ok, children also pick their noses and eat their 'snot' bite
> their
> > toenails and do other equaly disgusting things often involving
> > flatulence and the gag reflex (the vernacular "burp").
>
> Was my recollection *that* gross?
>
> > And metaphorically this is no differant than the "nature red in
> tooth
> > and claw" aspect of 'adult' perceptions.
>
> Huh?

Geo politics and its economies is just the 'picking' of the collective
nose.

The young humans are just the adults in miniature with all the same
drives and compulsions. Fear, anger, pain, suffering. And the Sysiphian
task of trying to alleviate some small part of all that. And a bag of
chips.
---
Joseph Littleshoes
 
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:53:29 -0500, Damsel wrote:

> Same thing happens to me when I try to twirl against the plate. Even
> though I'm over on the side, strands from the main group keep jumping into
> the fork and making a pasta tennis ball.

I capture a few strands with the fork tines and twirl away from the
mass. If other strands try to join the party, I lift the fork a bit
and continue to twirl.

I refuse to order spaghetti when eating "out" because spaghetti is too
"fat" to twirl w/o splattering sauce all over my clothes and you can
never get the last inch or so of the strands to cooperate anyway.
Capellini/vermicelli/thin spaghetti is okay. Linguini is okay too...
but I refuse to fight with regular fat spaghetti noodles in public -
in fact I don't buy it to make at home (now that I think about this).
 
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:20:19 -0700, JimLane wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:21:11 -0500, Damsel wrote:
> >
> >> How do *you* get 'sketti from the plate to your mouth?
> >
> > I twirl it against the plate - spoons are for sissies.
> >
> > There are two things I NEVER order in a restaurant:
> > spaghetti of any kind and chicken with bones in it.
>
> No chicken with bones, but ribs with bones? DISCRIMINATION! ;->
>
Ribs weren't mentioned.
 
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