"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> 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?
>
> I twirl it with a fork. No spoon. No breaking before cooking.
>
> I try to keep an open mind about it, but either breaking it before
> cooking, or seeing someone want to twirl it against a spoon, makes
> me squick.
>
> Steve

Breaking it before cooking depends on the size of the pot of boiling salted
water, I suppose. But who really cares how long the spaghetti is before
it's cooked?! I've never seen the spoon-twirling thing. I have seen people
in restaurants take simple pasta in red sauce and cut it up into tiny
pieces. Okay, now you're talking baby food, right? No, these were adults.
Obviously adults with either denture problems or toddlers at home

Jill