"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 27 Jun 2005 01:16:55p, Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon 27 Jun 2005 12:04:53p, Kate Connally wrote in
>>> rec.food.cooking:
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>>>> 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 :-)

wot? When it is only 1 foot long))))))))))

But you manage with a spoon yes? )