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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
>
> Twirling it but not against a spoon. I'd never seen anyone do that until
> I moved to the US.

I twirl spaghetti against my plate. No big deal. I couldn't care less
how other people eat their pasta as long as they do not eject any of it
in my direction!