On Sep 6, 12:37*pm, James Silverton >
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> On 9/6/2011 11:55 AM, Kalmia wrote:
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> > * and picking up spaghetti with a fork is a skill learned when
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> > Not really. *I knew a girl who was getting married and her MIL to be
> > insisted on 'small shells' at the [Italian resto] reception, as she
> > suspected there would be non-twirlers there and those who wanted easy
> > to handle pieces. *That's being real considerate of female diners in
> > their best clothes - no sauce a-splashin'.
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> > When the waiter asks "ziti or spahetti?", I always go for the ziti -
> > for the splash factor.
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> Spaghetti at a wedding? Perhaps in an impoverished region of Sicily.
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I guess you've never had the good fortune to be invited to an Italian
wedding in the US. There is usually a pasta course, and the woman
wanted to make it easy on the guests, so wanted small shells.
I thought I had made that fairly clear. Or was this just your chance,
with cracks about impoverishment and Sicily, to assure all of us you
are NOT "Eye-talian." Your comment really annoyed me. I thought you
were above all that.