On Jul 31, 3:31*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 31/07/2012 5:18 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
> > In traditional Italian households, pasta is just one of many courses.
> > Turning pasta into a meal is an American thing.
>
> * 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..

In the restaurants we visited in Italy, you are usually served
antipasti, followed by a first course and then a second- it is an
overwhelming amount of food!