Spaghetti

By DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
United States
July 1, 2025 8:14pm CST
I was using WhatsApp and talking with a friend while making spaghetti this evening. When I broke the spaghetti into the pot, he gasped and told me I was doing it wrong... Something about Italians claiming you couldn't break spaghetti noodles... I asked if he saw a way to get it into my pot of boiling water without breaking it or just putting half of it in and letting half of it cook first and then stirring it to get the rest of the noodle into the water? He claimed he uses a bigger pot. Well, my stove won't hold a bigger pot so the spaghetti gets broken and stirred into the pot I own... I told him the next time he makes spaghetti for me, he can show me how his way is better than mine.
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25 responses
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (164465)
• United States
14h
Just tell him that when you break the noodles all the calories fall out and you can eat more without gaining weight. Of course we know I am not Italian.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
13h
I wish I'd thought of that!
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rakski
@rakski (141357)
• Philippines
15h
I used to do that. Now I don't break them. I wait a while when the first half soak then when it is soft I will push the other half into the pan
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
15h
That makes half of the spaghetti noodle overcooked by the time the whole noodle is done.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
9h
@rakski Or, just break the noodles and you don't have to wait for that minute.
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rakski
@rakski (141357)
• Philippines
9h
@DaddyEvil not really, just a minute and it will be softer that you can bend the noodles to go inside the pan
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (176480)
• Boise, Idaho
16h
This correlates with a couple scenes from movies that I recall where the cook had spaghetti sticking out of the pan.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
16h
I always thought that looked so silly, too!
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (176480)
• Boise, Idaho
15h
@DaddyEvil ...........yes, it did.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (76215)
• United States
15h
Tell him to go eat some macaroni.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (76215)
• United States
15h
@DaddyEvil — I had to look. Lots of recipes popped up.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
15h
@FourWalls I don't eat hot dogs. I know what goes into them.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
15h
He's Filipino... He does eat macaroni a lot. He also wanted to know when I was cutting up hotdogs to add to the spaghetti sauce I was heating with hamburger. I told him I'd never heard of anyone adding hotdogs to spaghetti before.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (65037)
• Centralia, Washington
15h
I am with you on breaking the spaghetti noodles. I also don't swirl the noodles when I eat them- also don't do it with Ramen noodles.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
15h
I have no problem swirling the noodles on my fork... Pretty eats Raman noodles but I don't like them. They taste funny to me.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
13h
@sallypup Yes, I know that... But they don't have a good flavor like most unhealthy foods do.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (65037)
• Centralia, Washington
14h
@DaddyEvil Ramen noodles aren't super healthy but you knew that.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (91245)
• Bangalore, India
14h
Even though I have a big pot and my stove can handle it, I will break long noodles while boiling it. Well, that's for another reason altogether. My younger daughter's sensory issues, she does not like long noodles swirling around her fork. It's okay to do it all your way and your convenience. It does not effect the taste.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
13h
Exactly... It doesn't change the taste at all!
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May2k8
@May2k8 (18617)
• Indonesia
13h
It's up to you what you want to do with the spaghetti, I do the same thing as you.
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much2say
@much2say (57666)
• Los Angeles, California
2h
I do break the noodles if I make a small amount to fit in a smaller pot. But otherwise, I use a big pot - and often the longer noodles do stick out of the water for a bit. But maybe after a minute, I can use tongs to stir it around so it all goes down in the water. We all gotta do what we gotta do, right? In the end it tastes the same anyway . You've been busy with posts again! I'll catch up eventually . Hope you have been doing well .
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
Other than falling into a broken window and slicing the base of my hand open, we've been doing well, thank you. I kept wondering if you were having too much fun to come visit us on myLot. (Slicing my hand open scared Pretty enough that she wouldn't stop insisting I had to go to the ER... I'm still positive the cut was sealing itself before we got there and the nurse yanked the cut open and started spraying saline solution into it. That hurt more than cutting it open did!) I normally make enough for three meals between Pretty and I... then we don't want it for another month. And you've missed out on me talking about losing weight the last two months... I lost 20 lbs in May and another 13 lbs in June. The doctor says I'm doing fine so far... (Pretty called her complaining I'm losing weight too fast. The doctor told her to leave me alone.)
Judy Story
@jstory07 (144850)
• Roseburg, Oregon
13h
I do the same thing that you do for the noodles. I have always done it that way.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (477692)
• Italy
6h
You know that I am Italian, of course I do not break spaghetti, we have a HIGH pot where you cook the spaghetti. You can also use a bigger one, it worked here until I could have again a spaghetti pot that goes on my induction stove.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (477692)
• Italy
1h
@DaddyEvil I am sure it's a matter of habit, I do not arrive to twirl short spaghetti on a fork.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
1h
@LadyDuck You could try breaking it in half once when you make spaghetti and see if it doesn't work just as good for you twirling it as long spaghetti does.
DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
But nothing bad happens when I break it. It's easier for me to twirl it on the fork when it's only half the length.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (85173)
• United States
3h
I break mine in half too when I'm cooking spaghetti. I'm sure it still tastes the same whether it's broken or not.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
It's still delicious with only half the length.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
@Marilynda1225 Exactly!
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (85173)
• United States
2h
@DaddyEvil yup half the length and only half the twirling on the fork
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Fleur
@Fleura (31884)
• United Kingdom
12h
Isn't it supposed to represent cutting your life short or something?? I just put the end of the spaghetti in the pan and as soon as it softens enough to bend I push the other end down with the lid. Works fine; I don't end up with one end cooked more than the other!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
9h
I don't know, I'm not Italian and neither is he. (He's Filipino and I don't know why it makes a difference.) If you just break it, it all can go into the pot at the same time.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
@Fleura I promise, it's still spaghetti...
Fleur
@Fleura (31884)
• United Kingdom
8h
@DaddyEvil It can, but then it isn't really spaghetti. If I wanted short pasta I'd use some other shape
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (123433)
• United States
16h
Yeah Italians are horrified by breaking long pasta. That being said I do it every time because I'm not trying to do Lady and the Tramp with super long linguine/spaghetti/fettuccine/etc.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
16h
Half the noodle twirls up just fine on my fork so I don't see a problem with it. I'm not trying to make a ball of spaghetti big enough to choke on!
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Nocturnal Writer
@Nakitakona (57192)
• Philippines
14h
That's good. You and your are communicating thru WhatsApp.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
13h
Yes, my friend is Filipino... I enjoy talking with him.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (148587)
• India
7h
Moral of the story. Buy a bigger pot
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
And a bigger stove to hold the pot and a bigger mouth to stuff the cooked spaghetti in...
Sanna_S
@psanasangma (7801)
• India
5h
I often saw in the You tube videos, an Italian YouTubers reacting to breaking spaghetti Anyway, whenever I try to cook I hardly break those ...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
Yes, I've seen Italians acting scared or upset if somebody breaks spaghetti... Nothing bad happens when they break the spaghetti except non-Italians can eat it easier...
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (52780)
• United States
3h
I break mine in two also.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
It still tastes delicious at only half the length.
Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (2653)
• United Kingdom
4h
It is bad luck to break the spaghetti ....the trick is to hold it at one end then lower the other end into the boiling water , as it softens you can push it down slowly and curl it around in the pan...it will look like a birds nest in the bottom of the pan. . I probably haven't explained it very well.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
You really believe that? I've broken it in half all my life and haven't seen bad luck from it yet. When I do see a spaghetti monster coming after me, then I'll stop breaking it in half.
Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (17197)
• Raurkela, India
4h
I to don't like if the spaghetti are too long. I do break them before cooking them which makes eating it easier.
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@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
I agree... There's no need for the spaghetti noodles to be so long.
B
@pitsipeahie (5313)
•
4h
Hahaha as long as it ends up tasty, I don’t care if it’s broken or whole.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (152197)
• United States
2h
Exactly! The flavor is all that matters.
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