On Mon 27 Jun 2005 01:16:55p, Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "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)

It takes too long1 :-)


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