How to Eat Spaghetti
You'll never stain another blouse, shirt or tie after this handy lesson. Applicable to spaghetti eaters of all ages.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- A Large Bowl Or Plate Of Hot Pasta
- Large Dinner Forks
- Napkins - Just In Case
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Hold the fork in your hand as if to poke the spaghetti. Scoop up a small amount of noodles on your fork and raise it about 12 inches above your plate. (Don't take too much spaghetti or you will end up with too big a bite. If you get what seems like too much, shake some of the spaghetti loose from the fork.)
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Make sure the noodles are completely disconnected from the spaghetti on your plate.
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Put the tines of the fork at an edge of the plate that is free of food. Quickly point the tines of the fork straight down toward the plate and place the points on the plate.
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Twirl the fork to gather the noodles around the tines. With a quick scooping movement, gather up the roll around the tines and place in your mouth.
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Gently gather up any stray noodle ends that don't make it all the way into your mouth. Stain-free spaghetti eating!
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Tips & Warnings
It is always a good idea to wear a napkin as a bib when eating any sauced pasta dish.
Some people use a spoon to rest the fork on or cut the spaghetti with a knife, but Italians never do this; they just twirl the spaghetti on the fork.
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Comments
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Although it's alarming, I enjoy when I take to large of a gulp of spaghetti, and it almost obstructs my breathing. It reminds me as to when I was 5 - 10 and I'd just down as much spaghetti as possible because it was my Mom's spaghetti. My brother and I would look at each other and simultaneously sit back and forcible focus on our breathing.
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chadp
Feb 28, 2010
I have my kids wear a large paper napkin tucked in around the neck or attched with a clothes pin to their shirt collar. This keeps the sauce off their shirts and any splashes land on the absorbant paper napkin/bib. -
tomain
Feb 15, 2009
It does not matter how you eat spaghetti, as long as you enjoy it, with a few exceptions. Most people in India eat with their fingers. In my opinion it is slovenly to eat pasta in sauce with your fingers. Simply use a fork and try not to talk with your mouth full of food, and you will find it easy to consume spaghetti.
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tomain
Feb 15, 2009
It does not matter how you eat spaghetti, as long as you enjoy it, with a few exceptions. Most people in India eat with their fingers. In my opinion it is slovenly to eat pasta in sauce with your fingers. Simply use a fork and try not to talk with your mouth full of food, and you will find it easy to consume spaghetti.
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victorkor
Dec 20, 2007
Why not cut it? We would not suck up a whole sausage so why do so with spaghetti - does not make sense to try and eat it whole - really ludicrous
