Joseph Littleshoes > said:

> That is how it is most often cooked but it can be cooked whole in a tall
> pot. It quickly softens and folds itself into the water. I have done
> so as a kind of practical joke on people. 1 whole strands can be laid on
> a plate and look like a ordinary dish of pasta till the person tries to
> eat it and they find it is one long strand. Most people figure out very
> quickly to cut up the pasta into manageable bites but i have seen people
> struggle with it for several minutes, wrapping the whole thing up on a
> fork till they have a big unwieldy ball of pasta on their fork.

We kids would have contests to see who could eat the biggest wad of
spaghetti. As I mentioned earlier, one or two strands is pretty much all
the average person can handle.

Carol

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