"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

... and why is that a problem! Some to the spoon, some to the plate...
it all gets in the same place)