Nancy Young wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" wrote:
>
>> Spaghetti means "little strings" and is a specific shape. It's not
>> the generic name for pasta (which *is* the generic name).
>
> I'm not arguing, of course you're correct, but growing up, if you
> were at an Italian family's house, they might say, we're having
> spaghetti, you want to stay for dinner? You didn't know what you'd
> get could be anything from actual spaghetti to rotelli to lasagna.

Really ?
I find Australian-Italians *very* specific about their pasta, and would just
say "we're having pasta" ( if the exact meal was unknown at the time of
asking ). If they said "spaghetti", then you'd be getting the long stuff

> I still say the spiral pasta is much better for bolognese sauce
> than spaghetti.

agreed.


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