On Mon 27 Jun 2005 01:53:29p, Damsel wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> sf > said:
>
>> On 27 Jun 2005 01:38:02 -0500, Bob wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> Jeeze, Bob... keep it to 3-4 strands! Plunging your fork into the
>> middle of the spaghetti and twirling will always end up in a tennis
>> ball sized mass.
>
> Same thing happens to me when I try to twirl against the plate. Even
> though I'm over on the side, strands from the main group keep jumping
> into the fork and making a pasta tennis ball.

Did you twirl baton? Maybe you're just confused. :-)

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