On 31/07/2012 5:18 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
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> In traditional Italian households, pasta is just one of many courses.
> Turning pasta into a meal is an American thing.
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Perhaps that is the case with some Italians back in the old country. I
know a lot of Italians who consider pasta to be a main dish. Take
spaghetti with tomato sauce and add a couple of meatballs and you have a
main dish. Through ground meat into the red sauce and it is a main of
Boulangaise <sp?> , or some sausage withe the penne ... main course.