do you cut your spaghetti with knife?

[Zebra]

Do you?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Yes , I'm very sophisticated

 

[Harry Dresden]

Do you?

who cuts spaghetti?....

 

[Polishprince]

If I needed a knife to cut spaghetti, I would think it was a bit too "al dente" for my taste.

 

[Zebra]

Yes , I'm very sophisticated

so am I ...

 

[Sunni Man]

I use a samurai sword

 

[Seymour Flops]

Yes, but only if no one is looking.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I use a samurai sword

Finally someone who knows how to do it right!

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Can't eat carbs anymore

 

[Sunni Man]

I've vacationed in Italy.
If you ordered a plate of spaghetti at a local restaurant and started cutting the pasta with a knife.
The owner and staff would so offended.
They'd physically toss you out of the restaurant for disrespecting the national dish of Italy.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I've vacationed in Italy.
If you ordered a plate of spaghetti at a local restaurant and started cutting the pasta with a knife.
The owner and staff would so offended.
They'd physically toss you out of the restaurant for disrespecting the national dish of Italy.

How is that disrespecting it? This is not a criticism but a question.

 

[Sunni Man]

How is that disrespecting it? This is not a criticism but a question.

In Italy they eat spaghetti with a fork by twirling the pasta into a tight ball and bringing it your mouth.
Using a spoon against the end of the fork is also acceptable.
But cutting the pasta with a knife is considered uncouth and barbaric.

 

[Harry Dresden]

In Italy they eat spaghetti with a fork by twirling the pasta into a tight ball and bringing it your mouth.
Using a spoon against the end of the fork is also acceptable.
But cutting the pasta with a knife is considered uncouth and barbaric.

yep no one in my family or in any of the Italian restaurants i have been in use a knife....i dont ever remember seeing a knife at the tables.....just a fork and spoon for the twirlers....

 

[Zincwarrior]

yep no one in my family or in any of the Italian restaurants i have been in use a knife....i dont ever remember seeing a knife at the tables.....just a fork and spoon for the twirlers....

Interesting. I don't actually eat spaghetti at a restaurant. I am too messy.

 

[norwegen]

I went to my Italian friend's BBQ last year, and we all ended up just eating the salad. The spaghetti kept falling through the grill.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I cut mine, yes, but I twirl it with my fork too.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Do you?

Where’s fuck no option?

You make you pasta in the kitchen sink with a jar of Ragu, right?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

In Italy they eat spaghetti with a fork by twirling the pasta into a tight ball and bringing it your mouth.
Using a spoon against the end of the fork is also acceptable.
But cutting the pasta with a knife is considered uncouth and barbaric.

Because only uncouth barbarians cut their pasta

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How is that disrespecting it? This is not a criticism but a question.

It’s a cultural thing. For example my son spent a semester at University of Bologna and his roommates were culinary students from Tuscany. When he later saw me using BOTH garlic AND onion to make a spaghetti sauce, he treated me like a war criminal. Unlike in the USA, in Florence you have to choose between the two

Pasta is made a certain length so it can be twirled on a fork

It’s not a big deal, enjoy it however you like, but do enjoy it. It’s made to be enjoyed

 

[Zebra]

enjoy cutting my spaghetti!


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