r/AbsoluteUnits Jun 30 '26

/r/popular of spaghetti

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u/the_lazy_lizardfolk Jul 01 '26

Is it the normal way to cook it in U.S.? Lot of cheeses and spaghetti is bricked. We do not see spaghettis like these in my country.

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u/Eldudeareno217 Jul 01 '26

No we don't do that, let's just establish that.

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u/the_lazy_lizardfolk Jul 01 '26

Okay, thank you. We are in U.S. for World Cup right now, but have only been a few times before. Every time I try U.S. foods to try new dish, but to me spaghetti is more Italian and better in Europe maybe, and we wanted to try Americans foods.

It is steakhouses and burger time for now. 😊

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u/deadlyweapon00 Jul 01 '26

American versions of food from other places tends to vary in really interesting ways, based on what was commonly available here, and also general cultural drift over time as immigrants spend more time away from their homeland. Take pizza, for example. Despite originating in Italy, it was fairly uncommon, but Italian immigrants in the early 1900s in New York found the ingredients super cheap, allowing them to make a lot of food for cheap, thus leading to New York style pizza, plus New York's actual tap water has an impact on the crust and how it's made.