Sam wrote:

> i am trying to find a answer to whether spaghetti bolognese is
> traditionally done with long thin pasta like spaghetti or taghliatelle
> or with shorter rotelle or if it makes any difference at all to the
> original italians who made the meal.

It's called "spaghetti Bolognese." See, spaghetti...

> why was spaghetti invented if it is so inferior to rotelle's salsa
> holding ability?

Different pastas hold different sauces better than others. Read about
it. This is a big subject.

> was it designed to taste different or have a different ratio of salsa
> to pasta in one fork. or was it made cause its fun to twirl and slurp
> up? any idea on the history of these pasta? thanks

Google is your friend.

Why didn't you just continue the conversation you were having in
rec.food.cooking about this?

Pastorio