Thoughts on breaking spaghetti prior to cooking

[taxlady]

I wonder what the Italians have against the spoon?

I don't even understand about the spoon. I used to do that, but when I tried without the spoon, it was easier.

 

[Steve Kroll]

I never break it or cut it anymore, though I used to. Then I got scolded by an Italian friend who told me I ate spaghetti like a "bambino." Now I just twirl and slurp up the long strands and wear a napkin tucked into my shirt like a bib, which I think makes me look even more like a bambino.

 

[bakechef]

I seem to be better with a spoon than without. I keep things neater that way. Maybe I'll practice a bit without a spoon and see how it goes. Hopefully I don't have to wash the dining room wall afterwards......

 

[bakechef]

Now I'm really craving spaghetti.

 

[Dawgluver]

Now I'm really craving spaghetti.

Me too.

 

[taxlady]

Several people break the spaghetti because their mother did. I don't, partly because my my mother did.

 

[Addie]

I have no idea, to me anything that gets the food to my mouth is the best thing to use...even if I have to lick off my fingers.

More coffee on the screen.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

More coffee on the screen.

Since my Avatar shows exactly what I look like eating spaghetti...

 

[Addie]

I never break it or cut it anymore, though I used to. Then I got scolded by an Italian friend who told me I ate spaghetti like a "bambino." Now I just twirl and slurp up the long strands and wear a napkin tucked into my shirt like a bib, which I think makes me look even more like a bambino.

For instructions on how to eat pasta, see Post #7.

 

[Addie]

Since my Avatar shows exactly what I look like eating spaghetti...

I think this emoticon would be better suitered for you.

 

[justplainbill]

We break ours and I am embarrassed by a friend who asks for a spoon and wears a bib when we eat in a restaurant. This friend is a second generation Italian who grew up on the lower east side of NYC and is a self proclaimed expert on everything Italian even though he has never been to Italy.

 

[Margi Cintrano]

Twirl it around fork in a Tablespoon

Good Morning,

We do not break the Ribbon Pastas, if using Barilla ...

I normally make my own ...

I have always seen Italians, twirl it around a fork in a tablespoon.

They may, slice it for children ...

Thanks, interesting post.
Have nice wkend.
Margi Cintrano.

 

[vitauta]

sometimes i do, other times i don't. both ways is good for me. i was fourteen years old before i ever tasted pizza or spaghetti. it seems i've been trying to make up for lost time ever since then with every new food imaginable from every part of the world....

 

[CraigC]

No breaking here. Whether you break or not, just don't over cook please! Gummy isn't good.

 

[justplainbill]

In some cultures the knife is held in the dominant hand during the course of a meal. Such a custom makes it pretty difficult to use a fork and spoon simultaneously.

 

[vitauta]

are there certain customs that are superior to other customs when it comes to successfully transferring spaghetti strands from plate to mouth, and if so, why?

 

[Souvlaki]

I would not touch a plate with broken spaghetti on it.
If someone wants to avoid the 'mess' cook penne or other short pasta.....spaghetti are ment to be messy and relaxing

 

[powerplantop]

The more traditional way to eat noddles is with chop sticks......

 

[vitauta]

would not touch...really? even if you were very hungry? is there a purism of some kind governing legitimate spaghetti eating manners that i'm missing? for instance, i would never presume to dictate how anyone chooses to cut up, cook or serve their potatoes. suggestions, maybe, but no draconian rules....

 

[lyndalou]

For cryin' out loud, it's just spaghetti and tastes the same whether you break it or not.