Secret of Snapping Spaghetti in SLOW MOTION

[clarencebunsen]

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I wondered why that happened. Thanks CB for the video. I tried it several times with some left over spaghetti but now my hands are all red from the sauce. Just wondered if it worked with cooked spaghetti.

[clarencebunsen]

That was funny, Alan.

[dave]

That was fascinating, but I don't believe I yet understand what happens when the pasta breaks and why multiple pieces are produced. I would have liked to have seen more of the Swedish (?) animation, which may do a better job of illustrating what's happening than the high speed video. At 250 K fps I can better see what's happening, but it doesn't really explain it.

[kit]

It's sort of like electricity. We can detect it, harness it, measure it, analyze it, and utilize it, but we can't fully explain exactly what it is.

Regarding spaghetti, if you hold your hands close together when you break it, most of it won't break into multiple pieces. Oh, and make sure to do this over a pot of boiling water.

[Clipper]

We have found the perfect cure to that flying debris from breaking spaghetti in the newest innovation from pasta manufacturers. One pound boxes of spaghetti that is only half the length of the normal spaghetti we have been used to using for all these years. Kathy loves it. Me? Not so much. I like to twirl my spaghetti onto my fork using a fork and a tablespoon.

[kit]

There's definitely a 'twirl technique' involved, Clipper and I use it myself when eating spaghetti but haven't been too successful at it. Maybe it's because I use chopsticks instead of a fork. My plastic fork broke right after this summer's family picnic, but I'll get around to buying another one someday soon.

[Clipper]

Just stop by your local Wendys or KFC. You don't even have to make a purchase. Just wander in and use their rest room and when you are on your way out, grab a couple of plastic forks, spoons and knives. Heck if ya have room in your pockets grab some napkins and straws too. No sense in BUYING such things at the dollar store when they can be obtained at no cost. If you haven't obtained a new plastic fork yet when we come up in July I will give you one or two. I keep a ziploc bag in the console of the truck. It contains plastic flatware, single serve salt and peppers, a couple of sugar packets, a couple of packets of Splenda, and a hand full of napkins. We also carry wetnaps that are available by the handful at the casino in Cherokee NC at the self serve beverage stations.

I find myself becoming like the seniors that I used to carry around on charter coaches. When we would reload to leave a restaurant, there wouldn't be a sweetener packet left in the entire restaurant. When we would stop on the Thruway at a rest stop, they would buy a small coffee and put 15 packets of powdered non dairy creamer and 25 sweetener packets in the bag with their small coffee.

I have to tell you that Wendy's flat ware is better quality than KFC's.

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Clipper that is the one big problem with Subways. They don't keep there napkins out and give you a couple when you order a sub. I carry plastic spoons and napkin's I get at McDonald's. Gee I noticed yesterday and a few days ago that Walmart in North Utica and Consumer Square moved the rack that has the Observer Dispatch paper for sale more closer to the aisle so the camera pick it up. Maybe they saw me taking the newspaper and reading it in McDonalds and Subway then putting it back on the rack. Gee I pay for the e-edition why can't I read the hard copy for free. I make sure I don't get any coffee spills on it.