Cyndi wrote:

> 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*!!

Both my parents were from Iowa, and they didn't twirl their spaghetti in a
spoon. The first time I saw the technique was -- honest to God -- in a
cartoon. I think it was an issue of Mad magazine.

Bob