"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
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> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : > Julie Bove > wrote:
> : >
> : > : "Colt T" > wrote in message
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> : > : > Spaghetti it too hard to measure and too hard to eat. I also can't
> get
> : > : > any reduced carb spaghetti.
> : >
> : > : It's not hard to measure at all! So then why did you mention it if
> you
> : > : didn't eat it?
> : > He had a different pasta with his sauce and meatballs. I gues he used
> the
> : > term generically as most of us woudl say pasta.
>
> : Well that would be wrong. It's not a generic term.
> As far as carb counting or its place in a dish or meal it is quite the
> same. The term pasta is rather new in the US as a generic term for dishes
> using these italian water noodle foods, which is what the are, so
> spaghetti or macaroni were term used very widly in my youth to refer to
> these types of foods. Pasta was considered quite an affectation when
> first used in the US.

Very true, Wendy. Exactly the same as when I was growing up;
there were spaghetti and macaroni, nothing else.

I didn't realize you are so old.

pavane