"Bob (this one)" > wrote in
:

> Kajikit wrote:
>
>> Sam had something important to tell us on 9 Sep 2004
>> 09:39:24 -0700:
>>
>>>hi there,
>>>
>>>we ate yesterday at an 'italian' resturant ordering
>>>spaghetti bolognese.
>>>
>>>the plate was of macaroni spirals mixed about in bolognese
>>>sauce.
>>>
>>>it did not resemble my preconceptional idea that spaghetti
>>>bolognese is a dish of cooked spaghetti or other long thin
>>>pasta with bologese sauce neatly poured on the top.
>>>
>>>the waiter and the owners said that macaroni is the same
>>>as spagetti. as i am not italian i felt i wasnt in a
>>>position to argue with people who have been eating these
>>>dishes since their childhood.
>>>
>>>Maybe some here could enlighten me, can you use macaroni
>>>spirals and still call it spaghetti bologese? would you
>>>serve it that way in your resturant?
>>
>> I don't think I'd serve it in a restaurant because people
>> EXPECT traditional spaghetti, but really all egg pasta is
>> the same. When I cook spaghetti at home I prefer spirals
>> or shells because they hold the sauce better and you don't
>> have to chase it around the plate or struggle to wrap it
>> on the fork. The restaurant probably ran out of spaghetti
>> and substituted what they had on hand...
>
> I hardly know where to start...
>
> Spaghetti means "little strings" and is a specific shape.
> It's not the generic name for pasta (which *is* the generic
> name).
>
> Spaghetti isn't egg pasta. Virtually never will you find
> egg pasta in the shape of spaghetti.
>
> Spirals (whatever that shape really is) and shells are
> names of other pastas, not other spaghetti.
>
> Bolognese sauce isn't served with spaghetti in the
> traditional service.
>
> OP and reply are both in need of a remedial read about
> pasta.
>
> Pastorio
>


For the edification of all us remedials, what is the
"traditional service" for spaghetti?

I can't imagine such a humble food has much of a traditional
service in its traditional home.

I agree with OP: if I order spaghetti bolognese, then I would
expect spaghetti and not some other pasta shape. If nothing
else, it's a question of mouth feel.

Andy.