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07-SEPTEMBER-2008 03:17:44 - Spaghetti For other uses, see Spaghetti disambiguation. Cooked spaghetti Cooked spaghetti Spaghetti served with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese Spaghetti served with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin.1 A variety of pasta dishes are based on it, from spaghetti with cheese and pepper or garlic and oil to a spaghetti with tomato, meat, and other sauces. Spaghetti is made of semolina and water. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Origins 3 Preparation 4 Serving 5 Cultural references 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Etymology Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning thin string or twine. The word spaghetti can be literally translated as little strings. Origins While some people believe that spaghetti or even pasta in some accounts originated in China where long thin noodles have a lengthy history, some now assert that the reading of a lost Marco Polo manuscript which led to this belief, was in fact an inaccurate Latin translationcitation needed. Historically, people in Italy ate pasta in the form of gnocchi-like dumplings - pasta fresca eaten as soon as it was prepared. Some rare records have shown the Wezzellian people of Albuquerti in Italy were very fond of a thinner dumpling noodle combined with meats in a sauce.2not in citation given It has now been asserted that the Muslims who populated Southern Italy around the 12th Century were the first to develop the innovation of working pasta from grain into thin long forms,345 capable of being dried out and stored for months or years prior to consumption see Peter Robb's Midnight in Sicily pp 94-96 for details. Legend has it that Cicero, the famous Roman orator was fond of laganum, an ancient tagliatelle.6 The Saracens, originally from North Africa, invaded southern Italy in the 9th century and occupied Sicily for 200 years. Pasta is now associated with Italians as a whole. The popularity of pasta spread to the whole of Italy after the establishment of pasta factories in the 19th century, enabling the mass production of pasta for the Italian market.7 Preparation Spaghetti during cooking Spaghetti during cooking Spaghetti is cooked by boiling the pasta with salt in water until soft. The consistency or texture of spaghetti changes as it is cooked. The most popular consistency is al dente Italian 'to the tooth'; that is, soft but with texture, sometimes even with bite in the center. Others prefer their spaghetti cooked to a softer consistency. The best dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina. Inferior spaghetti is often found produced with other kinds of flour, especially outside Italy. Fresh spaghetti should be prepared with grade '00' flour.citation needed There are two other variants of spaghetti that require different cooking times. Spaghettini thin spaghetti takes less time usually two minutes less to cook to al dente form than regular spaghetti. There is also spaghettoni thick spaghetti which takes longer to cook. All three types of spaghetti are larger than the other round-rod pastas like vermicelli. Serving Spaghetti served with crayfish Spaghetti served with crayfish An emblem of Italian cuisine, spaghetti is frequently served with tomato sauce, which may contain various herbs especially oregano and basil, olive oil, meat, or vegetables. Other spaghetti preparations include using Bolognese sauce, carbonara, and chili. Grated hard cheeses, such as Pecorino Romano, Parmesan, and Asiago cheese, are often added. The manner of eating spaghetti varies according to local customs, but it is usually eaten with a fork, as with most other Continental dishes. Eating spaghetti with a fork and a spoon is considered perfectly polite in parts of the United States, although this method is widely disparaged in the US and elsewhere. In East Asia, many people use chopsticks as a form of eating rather than forks, as chopsticks are customary in most East Asian countries. The traditional method of eating spaghetti in Italy is to use just a fork and twist it so that the spaghetti wraps around the fork. Cultural references On April Fools' Day, 1957, the BBC ran a very successful spoof documentary explaining how spaghetti is grown on spaghetti trees.8 The parody religion Pastafarianism holds that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Spaghetti can be used to describe objects which are complicated or tangled, such as spaghetti code or Spaghetti Junction. Spaghetti Eis is a mock dessert which looks like spaghetti with tomato sauce. See also Carbonara Lai fun Spaghetti squash References ^ spaghetti. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged v 1.1. Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spaghetti accessed: June 03, 2008. ^ Elite Ninja Gaming Cows. » 2008» July ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFD91630F934A35751C1A96E948260 ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198607/pasta ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article577909.ece ^ The Essential Pasta Cookbook, Murdoch Books, p.5 ^ The Italian Kitchen Bible by Kate Whiteman, Jeni Wright and Angela Boggiano, Hermes House p.12, 13 ^ BBC News. 1957: BBC fools the nation. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Spaghetti Paper on the physics of fragmenting spaghetti PDF Spaghetti recipes from Secret Sauce Pasta recipes from goodtoknow.co.uk Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Spaghetti Categories: Pasta | Italian loanwordsHidden categories: All articles with statements | Articles with statements since July 2008 Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Català Česky Dansk Deutsch Español Euskara Ù?ارسی Français í•œêµì–´ Bahasa Indonesia Interlingua Italiano עברית Kiswahili Lietuvių Lojban Magyar Nederlands 日本語 ‪Norsk bokmÃ¥l‬ ‪Norsk nynorsk‬ Polski Português РуÑ?Ñ?кий Simple English SlovenÄ?ina SlovenÅ¡Ä?ina Suomi Tiếng Việt Türkçe West-Vlams ä¸æ–‡ This page was last modified on 28 August 2008, at 21:26
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