Italian spaghetti

[James Smith]

At a restaurant in Douglas WY, I ordered French spaghetti just to see what it was.  There was no simmered, liquid "ragu" but rather grilled mirepoix, diced ham, and egg, served mixed into the spaghetti.  It was very tasty.

James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
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                               |or slowly and cautiously.


--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From: Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Italian spaghetti
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 10:10 PM
> I took a friend to my cottage recently for some fishing.
> One evening
> I fixed spaghetti with meat sauce for dinner and served the
> pasta in
> one dish and the sauce in another.  He  referred to this as
> "Italian
> spaghetti," and I realized shortly that he was
> contrasting this with
> pasta and sauce served mixed together in one dish.  He has
> lived in
> Central Indiana all his life, but I haven't heard the
> expression
> around here before.  Has anyone else run into this use of
> "Italian
> spaghetti"?
>
> Herb
>
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