"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Damsel wrote:
>>
>> 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
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> Twirling it but not against a spoon. I'd never seen anyone do that until
> I moved to the US.
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While I've always lived in the US, I never saw it done until I moved to the
Midwest.

I just cringe when I see it...I can't stand the sound of metal on metal
(fork vs. spoon) and the thought of somebody scratching up the spoons...
nope. It just seems *wrong*!!

Cyndi