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To me, breaking spaghetti is just a big sign that someone is a novice at cooking. It's done because the person thinks they can't fit them in the pot and are too inexperienced to know that the noodles will soften enough in just a few seconds to push them the rest of the way in.
It's less "My Italian ancestors would be horrified" and more "Do you know what you're doing? Would you like some help before you ruin whatever dish you're trying to make?"
Or maybe they have kids who have trouble eating full length spaghetti
Or they want an effortless-to-eat meal, not having to choose between getting all dirty and spending more time rolling the damn pasta on the fork than eating
Then buy differen pasta, maybe? :p
or just break em :p
Or we’re adults who still haven’t quite figured out how to properly and appropriately wrap long spaghetti around a fork. 30+ years on in life, and I still end up dropping noodles and wearing sauce splatters when I try.
In b4 someone comes along and says sKiLL iSsuE. Yes, it is a skill and it is an issue. It’s also why I prefer rotini, or other small pastas.
In fact I’m starting to think I should just use chopsticks with spaghetti, as I have no problem eating ramen and lo mein that way.
To me, the breaking of spaghetti is just a thing smug snobs like to use as a call out to make others feel less than.
If someone breaks pasta noodles, who fucking cares? It tastes the same!
I’ve been cooking homemade from scratch pastas for over 30 years. I break the spaghetti if I feel like the dish needs shorter noodles. So no, I know exactly what I’m doing and I don’t need your help.
Ffs… thinking a dish is “ruined” because someone Broke the spaghetti. LMAO!
I couldn't care less what type of noodles I'm eating in an Italian dish. I care more about the sauce and protein.
Exactly! Thank you! Same here. The shape/length of the noodle is entirely irrelevant to the dish, unless it’s a specific thickness of sauce, because then you’d base the pasta noodle on wether or not it can hold the sauce.
Think you meant "couldn't care less"
Thanks. Fixed.
I have cooked pasta 100s of times and I prefer it broken. Long pasta in annoying when you twirl it on a fork since you get often too much too little.
Also nice that the cooking is standardised so you can test a single pasta and know it's a representative sample.
And if your pot size is small, it takes a lot longer than a couple of seconds to soften enough to push it in.
I can use a slightly smaller pot if I break the spaghetti
“Ruin” lmao also 0 difference to my tastebuds
You honestly believe breaking the pasta has a chance of ruining it? Lol
more like a rule of thumb, if they don't know how to cook the most simple and easiest thing to cook, what else will they fuck up.
horror story, was studying for finals at a friend's place, and his wife cooking dinner... I know because the first thing I hear is the spaghetti being snapped in half, them she boiled them for 40 minutes before dumping a cold jar of sauce and no cheese... Couldn't focus on studying, that was torture
Look I'm not one to go around pointing out how people on the internet just tell lies but if this is the story you're going to use to paint people who break their spaghetti as ignoramuses who not only can't cook but will actually fuck it up...
his wife didn't boil anything for forty minutes because there would be no water left well before then
ok, if you want more specific details, she boiled them for like 10, then left them in the hot water soaking for half an hour.
Ah well now I see where breaking the spaghetti is responsible for the problem