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Cheryl[_3_]

On 10/18/2013 2:47 PM, Yellow wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> sf > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> 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.
>
I totally agree with the no and yes. it is the same ingredient, but
mixes differently with the other ingredients depending on how large the
pasta is.

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