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In article >,
says...
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> sf > wrote in
> :
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> > On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:08:01 +0100, Broadback
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 18/10/2013 10:38, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> > Jacques Pepin just said something interesting. He said that
> >> > macaroni cooks up much larger and that 10 oz. of it will feed 6-8
> >> > people while 10 oz. of spaghetti will only serve 2. Just taking
> >> > him at his word for this but...
> >> >
> >> > I do remember the first time I cooked macaroni for spaghetti red, I
> >> > put waaaay too much in the pot and was surprised that it erupted
> >> > everywhere. My mom was home and she helped me clean up the mess.
> >> >
> >> > I also wondered why my family always made this dish with macaroni
> >> > rather than spaghetti. I had surmised that somehow macaroni was
> >> > cheaper than spaghetti. Like maybe a better sale price or they had
> >> > a coupon or something. But now I think I know why!
> >> Easier to eat as well, for me that is, I have not got the winding
> >> around a fork perfected yet!
> >
> > I can wind spaghetti, no problem - but I'd rather stab pasta than wind
> > it these days.
> >
>
> Don't they taste different? Or is it all in my mind, what there is of it?

No, and yes.