yup we certainly do.
The way to taste spaghetti Italian style is to capture the strands in your fork and twirl your fork using the spoon as the base.
like so
I'm sorry, but I don't know a single Italian who eats spaghetti like that. I know lots of non-Italians who think spaghetti should be eaten with a spoon and a fork but I believe the correct implement is a fork alone.
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Right of course .... and I have realized this a few posts before the one of me above. But to take those Anglos a bit "on the nose" was something I could definitely not resist
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Well, I did notice the taste of blood when the splinters from my disposable wooden chopsticks (you know, the ones you have to split apart) pierced my lip at my local Chinese eatery the other night.
That's all part of the carefully crafted "customer experience design".
That's all part of the carefully crafted "customer experience design".
Can we close this thread now?
I did try. I failed to understand how vital this thread was to one particular member, whose response was to groan me for closing it.
But look on the bright side -- it brought out a new side of our resident Swiss spoon expert, The Hoff. Just to clarify, Herr Hofener: yes, we know that a table spoon and a soup spoon are one and the same in Switzerland. That's exactly the point of this fascinating thread: why aren't dedicated soup spoons available here, as they are in other countries? Answer: Because. Things are different here.
Do I care? No. But it was good to watch the perplexity grow on the collective face of the Swiss, as the frustration grew on the "other side".
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I'm sorry, but I don't know a single Italian who eats spaghetti like that. I know lots of non-Italians who think spaghetti should be eaten with a spoon and a fork but I believe the correct implement is a fork alone.
absolutely correct. But, to use a spoon as base is very practical. AND, I have seen Italians in Italy doing so, simply for practicality.
absolutely correct. But, to use a spoon as base is very practical. AND, I have seen Italians in Italy doing so, simply for practicality.
All the Italians I know slurp the spaghetti. Horrifyingly uncouth. Also, I think chopsticks are so much more elegant than cutting and stabbing at one's food. And spoons I find to be the most gauche - shovelling one's food...
All the Italians I know slurp the spaghetti. Horrifyingly uncouth. Also, I think chopsticks are so much more elegant than cutting and stabbing at one's food. And spoons I find to be the most gauche - shovelling one's food...
Well, the Japanese video was correct about slurping spaghetti after all! And by the way, chopsticks are also used to slurp and shovel in noodles. Also quite uncouth. And Chinese soup spoons are also used to slurp in soup.
So all you Brits are the odd ones out! You can go ahead and eat elegantly with the proper round soup spoons... while the rest of the world are enjoying our meals!
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I did try. I failed to understand how vital this thread was to one particular member, whose response was to groan me for closing it.
But look on the bright side -- it brought out a new side of our resident Swiss spoon expert, The Hoff. Just to clarify, Herr Hofener: yes, we know that a table spoon and a soup spoon are one and the same in Switzerland. That's exactly the point of this fascinating thread: why aren't dedicated soup spoons available here, as they are in other countries? Answer: Because. Things are different here.
Do I care? No. But it was good to watch the perplexity grow on the collective face of the Swiss, as the frustration grew on the "other side".
Oh, come on Big Boy! Since when a groan is stopping you? You let it open because of my groan? I am feeling so important right now!
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