"Otto Bahn" > wrote

> > So "spaghetti noodles" is a valid
> > > way to specify an ingredient, as we don't have another name for them.
> >
> > However, it is redundant, but if you need that to understand what
> > spaghetti is, that's a personal problem.
> >
> > Spaghetti is the noodle, how you chose to dress it or not, is another
> > matter.
>
> 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.

I'm canuck believe the "beef hamburger" did get a single
nibble. Must be the mad cow thing...

--oTTo--