Nancy Young > wrote:

> Heh, that's funny. And milk doesn't go with tomato sauce, everyone
> knows that. Wine, sure! Soda, great. No milk.

And why is that, exactly? I remember running into that prohibition
at an Italian friend's house when I was a kid. They said it would
curdle the milk in your stomach or some such thing. The fact that
I had been drinking milk with spaghetti at home for years seemed to
have no bearing on the matter.

True, I'd prefer wine these days, but I really don't like soda with
meals.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.