"Rick & Cyndi" > writes:

>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*!!

My husband's ceramics professor, a native Italian, used a spoon and
fork to eat spaghetti noodles. It was how he was taught. He was very
fussy about his pasta, too, which always intimidated me.

Stacia