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Since tonight is a traditional easy dinner night, here’s a supercut of Italians getting upset when people break spaghetti in half, to put in the water -- (link)

Posted by Trending (aka Flavorize) Nov 27 '24, 13:03

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it never stops being funny -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:15
The last one is the money shot. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 27, 14:27
Everyone knows if you break it in half all the calories fall out -- nm - znufrii Nov 27, 14:08
Why is this a bad thing? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 27, 13:45 8
- I am NEVER going to eat dinner at your house. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:15
- how do you twirl it onto your fork without it all just sort of unraveling and falling off? i mean, i don't really care, but i assume that's part of it -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 13:49 5
  - Chow mein, no twirling. Udon, no twirl. Spaghetti, suddenly you have to twirl? "What. Is. The deal?" -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 14:14 3
    - Yeah, chow mein is American. Udon is slurped. Japanese would chop you with a sword if you broke the noodles. -- nm* - loosilu Nov 27, 15:21
    - Though no forks for the first two either -- nm - JD Nov 27, 14:59 1
      - Au contraire. -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 15:14
  - I can still twirl the halfsies. just load up in bulk and they all stay together anyhow. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 27, 13:56
- Other than making it a bit more difficult to eat I can't see an actual problem with doing it. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 13:47
Wouldn’t do it, but live and let live. -- nm - VMan Nov 27, 13:18 19
- same same -- nm - Andie Nov 27, 13:30
- I always break the spaghetti in half—didn’t know it was such a bad thing -- nm - Trending Nov 27, 13:22 17
  - I only use small pans so have to break it in half to fit. -- nm - Meg Nov 27, 15:19 3
    - buy a bigger pot? -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:27 2
      - I have bigger pots, I only *use* small ones. -- nm - Meg Nov 27, 15:33 1
        
        Don't do that! Use the bigger ones for spaghetti. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:35
  - are you serious? I'm not a BIT italian but come on. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:16
  - There's no reason to do it but I can't see the harm. I don't think it affects the cooking time. - Krusty Nov 27, 13:46 4
    - because pasta is about FORM, and the form matters. It interacts with the sauce. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:17 3
      - I've eaten it both ways. There's no taste difference whatsoever. This is just a tradition and preference thing. -- nm - Inigo Nov 27, 15:46 2
        
        I don't even know what to say to this. It's the FORM. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 19:44
        
        It’s an eating with all of your senses thing. Good food doesn’t just taste good, it should look good, smell good, feel good, evoke memories, - Roger More Nov 27, 16:42
  - Italy got noodles from the Chinese and in China, they break their noodles to make them easier to eat *runs and hides from Krusty* -- nm - con_carne Nov 27, 13:28 6
    - Yeah but in china all noodles are the same. In italy, the form MATTERS. it interacts with the sauce. -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:20 1
      - China has many different noodle types for different purposes, including different types of wheat noodles -- nm - Roger More Nov 27, 16:21
    - It was developed independently. They didn't get it from China. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 13:44 3
      - ever heard of Marco Polo? -- nm - loosilu Nov 27, 15:20 2
        
        They were eating pasta long before Marco Polo went to China. -- nm - Krusty Nov 27, 19:38
        
        Pasta was introduced to Italy from North Africa a couple of hundred years prior. - Roger More Nov 27, 16:31

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