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From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
What the hell is PASTA?

I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.

It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......

Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
because they now call it pasta?

JB

Remember learning about set theory in high school?

On Aug 28, 7:46 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
What the hell is PASTA?

I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.

It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......

Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
because they now call it pasta?

JB

Remember learning about set theory in high school?

We got sets every year from first grade on.

--Bryan

"Bobo Bonobo®" wrote in message
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On Aug 28, 7:46 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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From the time I was born some 50 years ago, it was called spaghetti.
My mother made it, we got it in the school cafeteria. we ate it in
restaurants, and my relatives served it. It was always called
SPAGHETTI. All of a sudden it seems the name has changed to pasta.
What the hell is PASTA?

I thought I was just over reacting and the word Pasta was just
something used by the ultra-wealthy because they always seem to use a
fancy name for something in order to raise the price, such as calling
coffee, java. Everyone knows that java costs two, three or more times
the price of a cup of coffee, and its the same darn thing.

It was not until the other day when I went to the grocery store and
asked this 20ish looking store employee where to find the spaghetti
sauce. He looked at me and said "what's that"? I was shocked and
felt like telling the idiot to find a different job if he dont know
what the #$%^ spaghetti sauce is, but I did my best to remain calm and
say "pasta sauce". He knew right where that was.......

Has the word "spaghetti" been banned for some reason? Is there some
sort of politically incorrect sexual connotation to that word that
offends the religious right, or what? Or does it just cost more
because they now call it pasta?

JB

Remember learning about set theory in high school?

We got sets every year from first grade on.

--Bryan


Yeah...you're probably right. I don't remember the exact year. Somewhere
between 1 and 10, probably.

In article .com,
Bobo Bonobo(R) wrote:

On Aug 28, 6:14 am, Melba's Jammin'
wrote:


I believe the rule is the lighter the sauce, the lighter the pasta.
Angel hair doesn't get bolognese sauce (unless you're at my house), it
gets olive oil and fresh tomatoes and garlic and basil. Like that. :-)

It sometimes gets bolognese at my house as well.

I brown them nicely on all sides and simmer
them in a sauce consisting of tomato paste, water and bay leaf.

No other seasonings?

I serve it over (often buttered) capellini. Cooked spinach is a very
nice accompaniment.

Never thought of spinach. I'll remember that.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - Fair baking

On 2007-08-28, wrote:

What the hell is PASTA?

LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of the whole pasta
salad thing. If it's pasta and it's cold, it still macaroni salad in
my book and I don't like it.

nb

On Aug 28, 8:56 am, notbob wrote:
On 2007-08-28, wrote:

What the hell is PASTA?

LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of the whole pasta
salad thing. If it's pasta and it's cold, it still macaroni salad in
my book and I don't like it.

I'm with you on that! Sometimes the ladies at work eat that nasty
stuff, and I have to empty the trash can in the employee lunchroom on
Thursdays. I find even the smell of most of their vinegar/mayo/tuna/
whatever other icky stuff that's on there pretty repulsive.

nb

--Bryan

notbob laughingly post in message
after JB
primordially screamed:

What the hell is PASTA?

LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of
the whole pasta salad thing. If it's pasta and it's
cold, it still macaroni salad in my book and I
don't like it.

Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish,
black olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!

Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
3/4 cup Miracle Whip
1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup black olives*

* I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and rough-chop them but a
small can of generic black olives works just as well.

_PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!

The Ranger

On 2007-08-28, The Ranger wrote:

_PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!

I will confess liking one version I ran across, a salmon and Italian
dressing pasta salad, but the problem is I'm just not a pasta fan.

nb

notbob wrote in message
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On 2007-08-28, The Ranger wrote:
_PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world
of differences!

I will confess liking one version I ran across, a
salmon and Italian dressing pasta salad, but the
problem is I'm just not a pasta fan.

That does put a damper on your opportunities, no doubt. With your
obvious dislike of pastas, how'd they sneak a salmon pasta past
you?

The Ranger

On 2007-08-28, The Ranger wrote:

That does put a damper on your opportunities, no doubt. With your
obvious dislike of pastas, how'd they sneak a salmon pasta past
you?

I like salmon and the rest of the salad. Onions, celery, bell
peppers, etc. The pasta was just a filler.

nb

On Aug 28, 9:28 am, "The Ranger" wrote:
notbob laughingly post in messagenews:NJednQW38Y4tqknbnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d@comca st.comafter JB
primordially screamed:



What the hell is PASTA?

LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of
the whole pasta salad thing. If it's pasta and it's
cold, it still macaroni salad in my book and I
don't like it.

Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish,
black olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!

Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
3/4 cup Miracle Whip
1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup black olives*

* I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and rough-chop them but a
small can of generic black olives works just as well.

_PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!

You eat that crap? But of course you do.

The Ranger

--Bryan

"The Ranger" wrote in message
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notbob laughingly post in message
after JB
primordially screamed:

What the hell is PASTA?

LOL!.... I feel your pain. I get a kick out of
the whole pasta salad thing. If it's pasta and it's
cold, it still macaroni salad in my book and I
don't like it.

Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with mini-shells, relish, black
olives, hard-boiled egg and miracle whip!

Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
3/4 cup Miracle Whip
1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup black olives*

* I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and rough-chop them but a small can
of generic black olives works just as well.

_PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world of differences!

The Ranger
I believe that the plate special in Hawaii always was a scoop of rice, a
scope of macaroni salad and a meat/fish.

I'm not sure whether the macaroni was small shell pasta, but I don't think
so; perhaps some from Hawaii here will know for sure.

The old mac and cheese in a box was larger macaroni; the new stuff at Costco
Annie's or Anne's is a small shell, which I had never seen before and tried;
it is so small that you don't have to chew.

Dee Dee

Bobo Bonobo® whiningly pewled in message
oups.com after I
posted on Aug 28, 9:28 am, "The Ranger" :
[snip]
Nuh-uh! Macaroni salad is ONLY made with
mini-shells, relish, black olives, hard-boiled
egg and miracle whip!

Miracle Whip Macaroni Salad

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups small shell pasta, cooked and drained
3/4 cup Miracle Whip
1 sweet onion, diced into small pieces
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup black olives*

* I add a mix of Kalamata and Niçoise and
rough-chop them but a small can of generic
black olives works just as well.

_PASTA_ salad opens the diner up to a world
of differences!

You eat that crap? But of course you do.

It's better than rootin' through the garbage every Thursday for
others' cast-offs as you whinged.

The Ranger

Bobo wrote:
I have to empty the trash can in the employee lunchroom on
Thursdays. I find even the smell of most of their vinegar/mayo/tuna/
whatever other icky stuff that's on there pretty repulsive.

You're the janitor? That's a noble profession, hey, at least you
work... better than being a welfare parasite. You're going to have to
do a lot better than emptying the trash just once a week, that's why
it stinks so... which day do you empty the used tampon basket in the
terlit... in comparison week old tuna salad should be ambrosia.

"Omelet" wrote

Personally, I think it's "fun" to explore different shapes of pasta.


Yeah, but I'd rather take a trip.