On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 18:21:52 -0700, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-08-01 10:02:12 +0000, ViLco said:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> That make no sense whatsoever... Italians don't eat plain pasta,
>>> neither does anyone else. Pasta entrees are often served as a main
>>> course and/or an entire meal.
>>
>> Plain wrong, as usual when you talk about italians

Are you claiming that you eat plain pasta, I don't think so.

>I've forgotten where I got this, in print somewhe We needed
>something extra in a meal and I cooked the remains of box of linguine,
>maybe 4 or 5 ounces. We have fresh rosemary in the yard so a chopped up
>a sprig, and dropped a pat of butter in with the drained pasta, swirled
>it around a little bit. I figure that's about as "plain" as one gets.
>
>Damn it was fine! We've become fans of "plain" pasta in this kind of way.

That's NOT plain pasta. Plain pasta is pasta with nothing.