"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Monday, December 1, 2014 2:28:46 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
>> ...
>> On Sunday, November 30, 2014 5:57:48 PM UTC-10, Christopher Helms wrote:
>> > On Sunday, November 30, 2014 11:50:06 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>> > > His name was (chef) Hector Boiardi and he has quite an interesting
>> > > story. http://www.chefboyardee.com/history
>> >
>> >
>> > He was a very good cook, and a very popular guy and he would probably
>> > be
>> > shocked and angered if he saw some of the stuff being put into "his"
>> > cans
>> > these days.
>>
>> I used to cook up a can of spaghetti for my parents and brother when I
>> was a
>> kid. I'd brown a pound of hamburger and then dump a can on that.
>> Sometimes I
>> layer on some American cheese if we had any. Somehow, back in the 60s,
>> that
>> was enough for a family of 4. Everybody ate small portions in those days.
>>
>> Oddly enough, my wife says that canned spaghetti was a dish that her
>> Korean
>> step-mom used to make frequently.
>>
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>>
>> I used the recipe for spaghetti from the Betty Crocker Boys and Girls
>> Cookbook. It had ground beef in it. I also made skillet spaghetti which
>> wasn't quite as good. It was all cooked in a skillet and the spaghetti
>> was
>> broken in thirds. However, in those days my mom didn't really have a
>> nice
>> pot that was suitable for cooking spaghetti so for that reason the
>> skillet
>> one was a heck of a lot easier.
>
> We didn't have a pot suitable for boiling spaghetti either. After
> graduating into cooking something resembling real spaghetti, I used a
> rather small pan to boil the pasta in. These days, I wouldn't attempt such
> a thing.
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I used my Dutch oven for spaghetti but I had to bend it to fit in. For
smaller shapes I used the 2 Qt. pan not knowing any better. At some point
my mom got a pasta pot with an insert but I didn't like it. I now am on my
2nd Rachael Ray pasta pot. I love it although they don't seem to hold up
particularly well. I do love the long, oval shape because it is perfect for
spaghetti.