Bob wrote:

> The issue of tossing the pasta with the sauce has been discussed here
> before. The consensus was that saucing and tossing results in a dish with
> better flavor, and the (mostly American) practice of simply pouring the
> sauce on top of the pasta is an indication of laziness, and results in the
> sauce not soaking into the pasta the way it should.

If there is one sauce I don't want mixed in with my pasta, it's
meat sauce. I like a few forksful plain, then I mix it in myself.
Plop my bolognese on top, please.

nancy