On 7/17/2011 10:23 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:42:32 -0500, >
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:59:24 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins wrote:
>>
>>> I twirl spaghetti on a fork. If it's heaped on a plate, a tablespoon
>>> makes a convenient support while twirling. If it's in a bowl, as I
>>> prefer it, the curve of the side of the bowl is all the support
>>> needed. Some people cut long pasta into short pieces before taking it
>>> up on a fork. A few cooks break it into short pieces before cooking
>>> it. What do you do?
>>
>> MCINL: I don't eat spaghetti. If I eat long pasta is usually going
>> to be cappelini or angel hair and a non-tomato sauce. Usually aglio
>> olio or a cream sauce both with shrimp. And then I twist it on my
>> plate and stab a shrimp to anchor it all together.
>>
>> I don't think it really matters.
>
> 'Zactly, doesn't matter. I eat spaghetti very rarely, and when I do
> eat long pasta it's linguinni. I rarely serve long pasta to guests,
> even embarrasses dagos. If yoose want honesty I pile more onto my
> fork than can fit into my mouth and bite off the extra and let it fall
> back onto my plate. And that's when there's company... otherwise I
> eat directly from the pot... LOs go into the fridge to be eaten cold
> the next morning. Anyone says they don't do the same is not being
> honest. And that is why I don't want to be served pasta already mixed
> with the sauce, those are left overs/plate scrapings.
> This is the civilized method for serving pasta:
> http://i55.tinypic.com/34r7sdl.jpg

What a bunch of nonsense. How exactly would folks of Italian descent be
embarrassed by long pasta? Do you ever actually eat with anyone other
than your cats?

And the description you gave of how you eat might be best described as a
pig.