"pavane" > wrote in message
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> "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> : > Julie Bove > wrote:
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>> : > : "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.
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>> : > : 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.
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>> : 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.
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> Very true, Wendy. Exactly the same as when I was growing up;
> there were spaghetti and macaroni, nothing else.
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> I didn't realize you are so old.
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> pavane

We called them noodles in our house. My in-laws who are Italian American
tend to call all pasta macaroni.