Damsel wrote:

> "Bob" > said:
>
> > I twirl against the plate. This generally results in a ball of
> pasta
> > roughly the size of a tennis ball stuck on the end of the fork. I
> swish the
> > ball around in the sauce, then elegantly [HA!] bite pieces off the
> end of
> > the fork.
>
> Please have someone film this performance, okay? I want to see this!
>
> > The trick to twirling against the plate is to start off with the
> fork at
> > about a 45-degree angle to the plate, twirl it a few times, then
> slowly
> > bring it to a perpendicular position while twirling.

One can of course use the electrical spaghetti fork, the battery
operated, pasta tool. That twirls the pasta for you.

Of course like many an other cultural oddity the 'eating' of 'spaghetti'
(long form Italian pasta) is as much a regional delectation as it is a
universal phenomena.

>
>
> I've tried that, but I still wind up with stray strands of pasta
> getting
> involved with the ones I started out with.

There are different forms or shapes of pasta.

One need not feed exclusively on "spaghetti".

Even if your ancestors hail form Naples.

>
>
> Carol
>
> --
> Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon


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