"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:08:55 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:30:06 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>So... I got this from Sur La Table. It wasn't cheap and I thought it
>>>>would
>>>>be a special treat. If you don't know what this is, it's like a thick
>>>>spaghetti but hollow inside like macaroni. Mine is extra long. Don't
>>>>know
>>>>if it all is. Came curved over in half in the package.
>>>>
>>>>Took several minutes more than the recommended 7 to ? (can't remember
>>>>the
>>>>second number) to cook. I like my pasta quite al dente but it was
>>>>totally
>>>>uncooked inside at 7 and even 9 minutes.
>>>
>>> It would be. Usually needs 12-15 minutes.
>>>
>>>>And now? Daughter is struggling to eat it. The pieces are too thick to
>>>>fit
>>>>on a standard fork. And they are super long so no way really to wind
>>>>them
>>>>because you can't hook it on there to start with.
>>>
>>> That's ridiculous. I use buccatini all the time to make spag bol, I
>>> love the way it holds the sauce so well. My friends and I have none of
>>> the problems you describe.
>>>
>>>>So... How are you supposed to eat this stuff?
>>>
>>> I sometimes struggle to decide whether you're trolling or not.
>>> This is one of those times.
>>
>>Nope. Not trolling.
>
> It really does seem that way sometimes, seriously.
> Anyway...
>
>> As I said later, I had no trouble with it. She
>>claimed it wouldn't stay on her fork. I wans't watching her so don't know
>>what she was or wasn't doing.
>
> Tell her to use a spoon then, or both a fork and spoon, if need be.
>
> I'd be telling her something else entirely if she was my daughter
> though, particularly based on many of your previous posts about her...

Problem is that I couldn't eat it without slurping or letting some drop out
of my mouth back onto my plate. She would be horrified to do that. Guess I
could have cut it up for her. Kind of defeats the purpose though.