On Mon 27 Jun 2005 12:04:53p, Kate Connally wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> On Sun 26 Jun 2005 09:21:11p, Damsel wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > 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
>> >
>>
>> Like you, fork against spoon.
>
> I'v never understood why some people feel the necessity
> of a spoon. I have no trouble twirling against the plate.
>
> Kate
>

Because I do have trouble twirling against the plate. If you had the same
trouble, you'd understand.

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Wayne Boatwright տլ
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