On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:25:27 -0400, "Otto Bahn"
> wrote:

>"Kevin S. Wilson" > wrote
>
>> >>>>Oh, right, so when an American kid says "We're having
>> >>>>spaghetti for lunch", he means a big heaping plate of
>> >>>>nothing but plain noodles -- no sauce, no cheese, and
>> >>>>no beef hamburger. Right.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>When I order spaghetti at Lorena's Italian Restaurant
>> >>>>(which I do about once a week), I don't have to tell
>> >>>>them I'd also like the above ingredients put on it.
>> >>>
>> >>>that's because we americans have *******ized the meaning of 'spaghetti' into
>> >>>something
>> >>
>> >> Exactly my point.
>> >>
>> >>>that would better be described as 'spaghetti bolognese'
>> >>
>> >> That's just a value judgement better left unsaid.
>> >>
>> >>>as opposed to
>> >>>spaghetti carbonara or spaghetti marinara or spaghetti calabrese or any of the
>> >>
>> >> Those modifiers still make sense in America to distinguish
>> >> them from normal spaghetti.
>> >>
>> >>>other many recipes. spaghetti IS the noodle. and there are plenty of things to
>> >>>do with it that do not involve a tomato. mmmm even spaghetti, garlic, mushrooms,
>> >>>olive oil and parmesan cheese and fresh cracked black pepper kicks ass bit i
>> >>>wouldn't call it 'spaghetti'
>>
>> Exactly. Such a dish would properly be called "spaghetti noodles with
>> garlic, mushrooms, parmesan (pahr-me-shaun) cheese." I've omitted the
>> olive oil and cracked black pepper, as they are standard ingredients
>> in all spaghetti noodle dishes.
>
>Olive oil and pepper, sure, but only cooking junkies
>would claim the pepper had to be cracked.
>
How true.

Don't get me started on pretentious cooking junkies. In yesterday's
newspaper was an article about "gourmet" salt! Can you believe it?

I didn't read much more than the headline, but apparently pretentious
cooking junkies are tripping over each other for the privilege of
paying ginormous amounts of money for gourmet salt. What next? Organic
bottled water?

I say if Morton's salt is good enough for Emeril, it's good enough for
me.