“When was the first time you learned to cook spaghetti?”

@Shavkat (137215)
Philippines
December 12, 2017 7:20pm CST
It has been more than 6 years that I attempted to cook spaghetti. I must lay down my card and claimed that I am not a cooking person. It is simply because I am not good in the kitchen department. But then, the cooking skills were tested when I was in Tajikistan in 2011. Since I am living in a foreign country, there is a moment of food craving. At that time, I was so on fire and wanted to eat pasta. I tried to find the alternative ingredients and do my experimentation. 1 can of Indian tomato sauce 3 pieces of boiled and shredded potatoes ¼ kg of shredded beef meat ½ kg of white sugar ¼ kg of salt ½ kg of pasta strings It seems promising, but I managed to make a ‘survival’ spaghetti in the house. It was like having a party every weekend. It always goes with a spaghetti on my table. ‘Do you experiment making meals in the kitchen department?’ ‘How do you satisfy your food cravings?’ ‘Are you a cooking person?’ Image Credit: pixabay.com
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@LadyDuck (458084)
• Switzerland
13 Dec 17
I am a cooking person and I was born in Italy, I learnt to cook spaghetti when I was about 6 years old.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
I heard that Italian do pasta with different sauces. I hope you can share some your secret recipes here.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
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@LadyDuck (458084)
• Switzerland
13 Dec 17
@Shavkat It's forbidden by the guidelines to post recipes. We have so many sauces that we can make one different for every day of the year.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Dec 17
I'm not a cooking person. I can believe that you were hanging out for some pasta.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
It was a great adventure during that time. I sometimes call my mom and ask how to cook some meals.lol The volunteer job is a piece of cake. But the cooking part, it is a big challenge.lol
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
@JudyEv You said it right.lol It was a tough one.lol
@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Dec 17
@Shavkat Yes. Compared to cooking, volunteering is easy!
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@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
Yes I'm a cooking person. I learned to cook in college. Haven't tasted pasta with shredded potatoes
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
I did the shredded potatoes as an alternative and additional for grounded beef meat.lol The taste wasn't bad.lol
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@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
@Shavkat Like an extender. Have you tried carbonara or white sauce? Maybe it taste great adding potatoes to carbonara
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
@averygirl72 I haven't tried it, my friend. My family members can do it. I don't really go the kitchen and cook some meals. It is not my cup of tea.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
14 Dec 17
It was in the 80's when I learned cooking spaghetti here in Germany . I think it was 1982 when we had our first apartment and I had to cook myself. I learned the Italian way of spaghetti making and I loved it. Maybe until now that is the reason why I don't like Pinoy sweet spaghetti.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
15 Dec 17
I guess we adapted the changes in our life especially living in another country. I also do the same feeling when living across the border. Now, I am back to the Philippines. I need to embrace the changes again.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
17 Dec 17
@thelme55 When are you coming back home? It seems that you had been staying in Germany for a long time now.
@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
15 Dec 17
@Shavkat yes and it is not hard for us because we are comfortable to our own culture and tradition.
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@Hannihar (129462)
• Israel
19 Dec 17
I love to make sphagetti. I have not been good at making meatballs but found something that may work out and hopefully they will turn out right.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
I have a secret. I am not good to cook of meals.lol
@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
19 Dec 17
@Hannihar I can only cook with the help of a recipe book.
@Hannihar (129462)
• Israel
19 Dec 17
@Shavkat So what do you like to make Shavkat?
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
I learned cooking Pasta when I had my first grandson lol! I do not like eating such foods yet I know how to cook it eventually.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
I guess we had experienced the same way. It is better to try such thing than nothing.
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
@Shavkat yes, at least we can prepare some for our love ones then.
@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
15 Dec 17
@goodgirl_kakay I can make a good meal with the help of a recipe book.
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• Calgary, Alberta
13 Dec 17
I dont use angel hair Pasta anymore when I make Spaghetti these days. i either use spiralizer sliced zucchini or Spaghetti squash when I have pasta craving. If I felt like eating Gluten I make fresh pasta, Its just eggs ,flour oil and salt anyway. I know how to cook since I was like 10, My dad is a chef.
• Calgary, Alberta
13 Dec 17
@Shavkat Nah, I am not close to my parents. I am self taught. My father rarely cook mfor his family. he is too grumpy and tired from work to cook at home.
@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
@CaptAlbertWhisker I know what you mean. My late father is also a grumpy man.
@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
That's nice to hear, my friend. Did your father pass to you the secret recipes?
@just4him (306136)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Dec 17
I love to cook. I think I've been making spaghetti since I was in high school.
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@YrNemo (20261)
13 Dec 17
I learned to cook at a young age, perhaps about 7. Interesting recipe there.
• United States
14 Dec 17
I used to love to cook. I would spend hours fixing meals for my parents. Since my n the job injury I don't spend as much time cooking. I'm going to pick up a slow cooker and make some chili next week (I think) and it will be great for spaghetti sauce and other foods (that last word came out interesting! My computer filled the word in as "footballs" ). I usually make up my recipes as I go along.