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apple · Guru

RE: Dear Miss Manners: Americans Don't Know How to Eat Spaghetti

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

apple wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
It's plain to see we have all had different experiences.

Indeed.

In southern Italy you will not find a pasta bowl.

Well there you go. It's a Southern thing.

apple · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
apple wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
It's plain to see we have all had different experiences.

Indeed.

In southern Italy you will not find a pasta bowl.

Well there you go. It's a Southern thing.

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chef · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
apple wrote:
chef wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
Olive Garden doesn't count.
It's not authentic Italian but they do serve their pasta in bowls.
Exactly. :)
Not always.

With the exception of the Tour of Italy and the Chicken Parm, I've never had pasta there served in anything but a shallow bowl. I usually get the fettuccine alfredo and it's served in a shallow bowl. It could pass as a plate I suppose but it's deeper than a regular plate. Perhaps your Olive Garden does it differently.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

We go to Olive Garden maybe once a year.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

Mmmm Olive Garden

This detox is making me bonkers for food

Ohfour · Hooker

VetteGirl wrote:
Mmmm Olive Garden

This detox is making me bonkers for food

Ew!!!!! No no no no no!!!!!! All of Garden is NOT good for you...its not even good!!!!!

Ohfour · Hooker

I cant post the picture of the snapchat, but google "all of garden".....lololol!

huskerbb · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
It's plain to see we have all had different experiences.

Some in Italy--some in Pizza Hut.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

Mmm Pizza Hut

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Pizza Hut is nasty.

Greasy, greasy pizza.

Do they have pasta?

huskerbb · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Pizza Hut is nasty.

Greasy, greasy pizza.

Do they have pasta?

On plates--as such places are want to do.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

huskerbb wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Pizza Hut is nasty.

Greasy, greasy pizza.

Do they have pasta?
On plates--as such places are want to do.

I get the feeling you are trying to make a snarky comment.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I like Pizza Hut pizza.

Papa John's isn't worth two cents.

flan

huskerbb · Guru

You mean I wasn't plain-spoken enough? I can make it more clear if it is not.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Pizza Hut now sells troughs of pasta, at least around here.

flan

huskerbb · Guru

They've always sold pasta. Doesn't anyone here ever watch TV?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Dominoes delivers.

We get that when we need to eat in a pinch.

It isn't good.

The best pizza comes from a place in town.

They have a brick oven.

Takes all of 5 minutes to get a pizza.

It's so good.

Nothing beat a brick oven pizza.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

huskerbb wrote:
They've always sold pasta. Doesn't anyone here ever watch TV?

Maybe in some markets, husker? The commercials here make it sound like it's a relatively new addition.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I've never had a pizza delivered.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

huskerbb wrote:
They've always sold pasta. Doesn't anyone here ever watch TV?

I'm watching TV now.

Secrets of the Dead.

They are excavating the pyramid of Teotihucan.

But I can't tell you the last time I saw a pizza Hut commercial.

Ohfour · Hooker

flan327 wrote:
I've never had a pizza delivered.

flan

What????????? Really? Gurl....you ain't rite!

Vette · Owl drink to that!

OMGosh I love Pizza Hut so much

chef · Guru

Pizza Hut hasn't always had pasta. At least not here. It was added sometime since 2007.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Ohfour wrote:
flan327 wrote:
I've never had a pizza delivered.

flan
What????????? Really? Gurl....you ain't rite!

Oh, heck, we ALL know that!

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

VetteGirl wrote:
OMGosh I love Pizza Hut so much

You picked the wrong time for a cleanse, GF!

flan

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

apple wrote:
I know a lot of Italians, not one of them owns a set of "pasta bowls".

Its not rocket science, you get a little bit on your fork, twist and then eat.

Well now you do. And they belonged to my grandmother, who was born in Rome.

WYSIWYG · Guru

Never had it served on anything other than a plate. Anywhere.
- lilyofcourse

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Me either.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

WYSIWYG wrote:
Never had it served on anything other than a plate. Anywhere.
- lilyofcourse

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Me either.

Weirdo...

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

What's wrong with the American way of Lift and Slurp? I mean aren't we supposed to celebrate diversity and not say one is "better than"?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
What's wrong with the American way of Lift and Slurp? I mean aren't we supposed to celebrate diversity and not say one is "better than"?

Tacky.

I'm judging YOU, LGS! You and your homemade meatballs...

evileye

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

My meatballs were yummy! And, then i made lemon bars and homemade lemonade. So boo!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I even make my own Hershey's syrup now!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
My meatballs were yummy! And, then i made lemon bars and homemade lemonade. So boo!

Damn you, Woman!

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flan

FNW · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
We spent 2 weeks in the Italian Alps...not the tourist trap places. Villages...cantinas. Where the red wine is served in a pitcher. Cold. G has an old friend that has lived there most his life.
Pasta was always served in a bowl.

Come to think of it, the best carbonara I've ever had was served in a bowl in a little restaurant we went to in Florence.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

We always eat our pasta in bowls. It's easier.

apple · Guru

Lawyerlady wrote:
We always eat our pasta in bowls. It's easier.

I've been to more Italian weddings than I can possibly count. Pasta is always served and never once have I been served pasta in a bowl, same thing with authentic Italian cuisine restaurants, no bowls.

I suppose this is one of those things where its all what you are used to.

One thing I know for certain, NEVER cut your pasta....that is a sin. :)

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

apple wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
We always eat our pasta in bowls. It's easier.
I've been to more Italian weddings than I can possibly count. Pasta is always served and never once have I been served pasta in a bowl, same thing with authentic Italian cuisine restaurants, no bowls.

I suppose this is one of those things where its all what you are used to.
One thing I know for certain, NEVER cut your pasta....that is a sin. :)

I don't cut mine - but I do cut Jojo's. It's easier than the mess I'd have to clean up.

FNW · Guru

I used to cut the boys' too. Now they don't even want sauce, just butter. I don't cut mine. I understand it's bad etiquette.

apple · Guru

FNW wrote:
I used to cut the boys' too. Now they don't even want sauce, just butter. I don't cut mine. I understand it's bad etiquette.

My son likes pasta with butter and garlic, not crazy about tomato sauce. hmm

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lawyerlady wrote:
apple wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
We always eat our pasta in bowls. It's easier.
I've been to more Italian weddings than I can possibly count. Pasta is always served and never once have I been served pasta in a bowl, same thing with authentic Italian cuisine restaurants, no bowls.

I suppose this is one of those things where its all what you are used to.
One thing I know for certain, NEVER cut your pasta....that is a sin. :)
I don't cut mine - but I do cut Jojo's. It's easier than the mess I'd have to clean up.

Use cavatappi or shells or bowtie pasta instead?

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

We like ours with grape tomatoes, spinach, and onions in a butter, parm, garlic sautee.

I've put the little ****tail sausages in it. That's good.

And chicken sausage makes sauce amazing.

Of course the pasta has to be right.

Hey, ya'll ever do pasta for breakfast?

My kids love that.

You melt a little butter in an egg skillet, put a serving of leftover pasta in, add ham chunks or crumbled bacon or sausage, work that till its warm. Then scramble an egg or two, pour that in, sprinkle with shredded cheddar or pepper jack or which ever you like. Keep working it. The eggs and cheese make a "sauce" and it becomes wonderfully creamy and flavorful.

-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Wednesday 25th of May 2016 12:53:34 PM

apple · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
We like ours with grape tomatoes, spinach, and onions in a butter, parm, garlic sautee.

I've put the little ****tail sausages in it. That's good.

And chicken sausage makes sauce amazing.

Of course the pasta has to be right.

Hey, ya'll ever do pasta for breakfast?

My kids love that.

Teenagers will eat anything for breakfast. :)

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I went back and added how I make it.

I saw it on a cooking show. We tried it. The kids were little.

FNW · Guru

Never did pasta for breakfast, but tortillas and butter were added to our breakfast on holidays/special occasions. Mom used to put corn tortillas with a pat of butter on a baking sheet in the oven until the butter melted. This was before microwaves, mind you.

TrudyML · Guru

How do you eat an ear of corn?

FNW · Guru

I have those skewer holder things and make one row from left to right and go from there.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

FNW wrote:
I have those skewer holder things and make one row from left to right and go from there.

Yep

TrudyML · Guru

I maul it.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

TrudyML wrote:
I maul it.

Ha! I usually squirt everyone at the table too