On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:46:58 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson
> wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:00:38 +0000 (UTC), (Glitter
>Ninja) wrote:
>
>>Goomba38 > writes:
>>
>>>No need to say "spaghetti noodles" instead of just spaghetti (linguini,
>>>ravioli, macaroni...)
>>>It grates on the ear.
>>
>> OK, I'll do whatever you say.
>
>Not so fast. Goomba (if that is his real name) would be correct except
>for one troublesome fact: linguini, ravioli, and macaroni all
>originated in Italy, while spaghetti noodles is an Americanized type
>of Italian pasta that has always been referred to as "spaghetti
>noodles." The development of spaghetti noodles is similar to that of
>chow mein, a "Chinese" dish that originated in San Francisco,
>California.

Methinks KevinS has been eating too much Chef-Boy-R-Dee
pasta-and-yecchhh in a can. (It leads to 't-rolls', a
serious gastric ailment, sometimes fatal.)

"Spaghetti noodles" sounds redundant to me, if not
superfluous. Like "steak meat" or "salmon fish" or
"automobile car". I don't know that it grates on the ear,
so much; I'll leave that to the parmesan.

Also, I'm more than certain that 'spaghetti' originated in
Italy. Much like the "New York strip" steak didn't
originate in NY, but rather alongside the many early British
who whipped up Yorkshire 'pudding'. Of course, when "beef
meat" came to the "new world" it had to be named something
different. Ipso facto and ta-da!: "New York strip" (fnarr).

Salivatingly,
TomH

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