Everybody knows pizza, but what do you truly know about Italian cuisine...?
Do you for example ever ask yourself "why is spaghetti called spaghetti"?
Most of us have bespattered ourselves at least once with spaghetti sauce, havent't we...?
Not very astonishing because of the undeniable fact that those long slippery noodles are not very simple to eat.
If you wrap an excessive amount of them around your fork they quickly pile up to a dumpling the size of a ball of wool which nobody can stuff to the mouth without coll(e)ateral damage.
Invest the too few they truly are slipping back on the plate in a split second.
If you slurp them in bent deeply over your plate (not very elegant but acceptable) you may be certain that their very last end spills the sauce on the whole table in a slight swerve before it finishes up in the mouth area.
The real fun however starts when there are children at the table...
Needless to say nowadays everybody who knows even a little about Italian cooking, also understands that spaghetti (and all the other Italian pasta as well) has to be cooked "al dente" (with a bite), meaning that they need ton't have the consistence of porridge when they're served.
So far we are able to say, we understand already a whole lot about spaghetti.
But can you also know why spaghetti are known as spaghetti?
If you do not know the answer you may find it, having a look into an Italian dictionary.
Spaghetto may be the diminutive of this italian word spago (packthread, cord, string) which is derived from the latin spacus.
That means, spaghetti are simply string noodles
P.S. But listed here is one more question. Why do Italians write spaghetti with an h?
So, how about you? Have you any idea this...?
