Rick & Cyndi wrote:
>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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*!!
>>
I never seem to make contact with the spoon when I do the twirl. If I do it
isn't loud enough to make that sound. No scratched spoons here.

Debbie