Comments on: Why Doesn’t Spaghetti Break in Half?

By: Pastaforbrains

Pastaforbrains — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:40:06 +0000

Everyone knows the only real way to break the spags in half is to get out the skilsaw with a diamond blade, and run the seminola down the blade. You get perfect, 50/50 spaghetti. Just be careful with those countertops!

By: Kevin D.

Kevin D. — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:12:43 +0000

One better thing to do, if you’re not a purist and cook the spaghetti whole, than breaking the pasta is to hold it horizontally, grasping the noodles in the middle with both hands, and gently twisting the spaghetti over the pot. No flying semolina shrapnel to worry about with this technique, everything lands in the pot.

By: Thandi

Thandi — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:26:00 +0000

Mbr,
I’ve got to try that sometime.
:)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:23:00 +0000

I heard it is bad luck to break the pasta before cooking, and also to cut it after cutting. It should be cooked and eaten whole. Maybe some romantic types like to do the “Lady & the Tramp” thing? I don’t know why they can’t make it in shorter lengths. Anyone with children knows it needs to be in small pieces before being eaten, and that it is much easier to cut when dry.

By: me

me — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:22:00 +0000

There’s no need to break spaghetti. It’s easier to eat when it’s longer. Like someone else said, you stick it in the pot and as the submerged part gets soft the rest will fall in, I’m impatient and push it in as it softens.

By: mbr

mbr — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:33:00 +0000

My mother started breaking the spaghetti only after finding my older sibs hanging the full length noodles from the light fixture above the dining room table.

By: joesmo

joesmo — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:48:00 +0000

yaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrh

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:46:00 +0000

What the heck? Mine broke in half…
I think I’m misunderstanding the point of this experiment?

By: wc

wc — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:40:00 +0000

So why does spaghetti stick to the wall?

By: JohnFen

JohnFen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:44:00 +0000

I never break my spaghetti. It’s so much easier to eat when it’s long. Although I enjoy the slurping, that’s easy to avoid as well — just twirl it on your fork.