On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 06:02:10 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:08:55 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"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.

Perhaps substituting the spoon/fork for some kind of large funnel
would make her dining less traumatic?