Which way do you most prefer your spaghetti?

I don't really like spaghetti much, especially now that I'm a vegetarian. In general I prefer it with toppings as opposed to sauces.

meat sauce and meat balls!

meat Meat MEAT!!!

Marinara sauce and meatballs.

I would probably like it best with meatballs, but I seldom have it that way. It's so much easier to just put meat in the sauce, especially since I tend to think of spaghetti at the last minute and want to fix it as quickly as possible. In fact, I think I'll go get some ground beef out of the freezer and make some spaghetti now....

Meats of evil!!

let's go to McMeatie's!

with sauce

With meatballs.

i don't have a preference. i usually eat it with meat sauce, and once and a while with meat balls. i loves me some meat balls, but i don't need them all the time.

meatballs, no spaghetti.

Mmm, meat balls. I just love sitting down to tender, juicy meat balls. There's a slight chance that could be misinterpreted. What I mean is that when I've got those balls in my mouth, my tongue undulates in waves of culinary ecstasy.

Tomato sauce with mushrooms, onions and peppers. No meatballs. Spaghetti is my least favourite pasta.

I don't really have a preference. I like it many different ways.

I like meatballs, but I like spaghetti better without meat. I like it with mushroom, or tuna, or cheese, or just butter.

I like it most with a blue cheese sauce, like Gorgonzola or Roquefort.

nah...no room for misinterpretation there


(btw...i absolutely adore the piece of work you have posted on your user page. do you have anymore that you would like to share??)

Meat Sauce, Meatballs and Italian Sausage!

No need to enjoy it less because your a veggie Just use less sauce and bigger chunks of vegetables, and if you're so inclined use ground meat substitutes (Morningstar, Boca).

Meat sauce, mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, onions, green peppers, garlic, and cheese!

I most prefer it with no sauce, just parmesean cheese. Mmmm!

I've tried it all my friend! My husband really loves spaghetti in any concoction, so we're constantly experimenting. I just don't like the combination of the feel of the noodle without the taste of meat. Childhood conditioning or something! We do eat a lot of interesting combinations with bowtie noodles though. Yummy.

I prefer my spaghetti with a cream sauce or with butter.

Clam sauce with lots of vegetables and wine.

Without meat in the sauce but with an anchovy or two dissolved in the sauce. Yummmm.

Meat sauce

I am officially the only creator who has ever made a spaghetti survey.. and this is my second one

> Clam sauce with lots of vegetables and wine.

*drool* Mmmmm.... clams...

Ben make the best clam sauce, clam chowder and Rockefeller oysters!

So hey! How's it goin'? Eh?"

ANYthing but chocolate! I've eaten too much chocolate today.

Bow tie noodles are great, I remember my mom used to always make stroganoff with them, however, since I've become a quasi vegetarian (I do eat poultry, less and less as the days go by), I can't think of any dishes using them though. It would be alot easier if I enjoyed cold pastas, but I don't, so needless to say I don't allow myself to enjoy them

I have a good recipe that has mushrooms, spinach and feta cheese if you're interested!

oooh oooh...please? Thats one of my hobbies if you could call it as such. I don't enjoy cooking as much for myself, more for other people, but I love new recipes.

Sure! I'm afraid it won't be exact, but I'd love to have you try it!

Get some water boiling for 8 to 12 ounces of pasta
Mince a couple of cloves of garlic, slice about 8 ounces of mushrooms.
Heat a good splash of olive oil into a frying pan and heat it over medium or medium high. When it's hot add the garlic and mushrooms, and stir it around a bit at first, and then every now and then until the mushrooms are as soft as you'd like them.

Whenever the water for the pasta is boiling, go ahead and add it, as long as your mushrooms are on their way to being done.

When the mushrooms are done, add a couple of big handfuls of spinach to the mushrooms and garlic. It'll wilt down really quickly, just stir slowly-and if you want to add more once you see how it is cooked down, go ahead!

Turn your veggies down to low, give them some salt and pepper if you'd like, and go and chop about 10-12 cherry tomatoes in half, or chunks of larger tomatoes could work too.

You may want to/need to drain some liquid off of the spinach/mushroom mix, I always do, just try to do that very close to the end of the pasta's cooking time.

Drain your pasta, throw it back into the pot, and then add the sauteed veggie mixture, along with 8 ounces of basil tomato feta cheese. It's available in most stores around here, probably is in Florida too.

You could probably add some onion to this is as well, if you wanted to. I would just start it with the garlic and mushrooms.

Well, I hope that made some sense, and if you have any questions, ask away!

This is definitely getting bookmarked. Most likely I'll be trying this out within the week, I'll let you know how it goes.

Thank you again.

Fine. How are things on your end?

oh no!!! too much chocolate??

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it, it's nearly a weekly meal at my house!

I'm glad you like my pic! It's based on the sacred geometry of the Flower of Life. If you look that up, you'll find a lot of new-age stuff that can sound pretty ridiculous, but there's a lot of great info to be absorbed in those circles. You've just encouraged me to start rotating the image I keep under my name. Thanks! I can't say how often I'll do it or that each piece will be equally impressive, but keep an eye out.

right...i'm into that ridiculous sounding new age stuff i was/am working on several different mandalas, and almost all of them started out w/ the sacred geometry, i'd incorporate the 'sacred' shapes found within nature, certain flowers and things.

anyhow...i'm quite excited that you've decided to share others...i shall indeed keep an eye out for them

Definitely with meatballs!!!

i was going to make spaghetti tonight, never did...we had cereal instead the best way is with ragu traditional sauce with a small tin of tomato paste and browned and seasoned ground beef over spag. noodles. yummmmmmyyy. mike calls it 'candy'.

I picked without meat even though tuna is meat technically...but well it's fish.

Real busy! I miss you guys... I know that no one really notices when we're away - especially if we pop in from time to time but I genuinely miss all of you when I'm away too long...

Are things still "blossoming" on your end?

I think you really have to be completely gone for a while before anyone notices. But it probably depends on how involved you are in the first place. Popping in certainly discourages anyone from thinking that you are really gone.

No, things aren't blossoming. In fact, I suspect it's all over. I haven't had an email for a week, and the last one was a bit terse. I guess these long-distance things are hard to keep together. I don't have much experience at that. I'm really not that bothered about it. We barely had any time together as it was. She was spending 75-80% of her time up north working. I don't think we really had enough time to get that close.

Bummer... I'm really not happy to hear that. She sounded so cool!

I was just talking to my son's X tonight - she's staying over but I know that they've broken up since last week. It's a real bummer because she was so special and I also know that she has Matt under her skin... It's hurting her a lot! It hurts me to see her hurt but I can't do anything... I really thought that she'd be our daughter-in-law. Time will tell - and for you too.

Oooooh these love stories - you guys are tearing me apart! *sniff*

Mellow out babe! You're taking it harder than I am!

...*sniff*... I'm OK now.

I'm okay now, and ready for more chocolate any time!

I may have over-reacted. I'm going to try calling her again tonight and see if we can get things sorted out. It looks like she's just really stressed out and possibly took it out on me a little and then I took it the wrong way. I don't know. This long-distance thing is hardly optimum. We haven't been able to talk for a while, so that might help a lot.

I'll keep you posted...you may have to remind me...

Chicken breast spaghetti

With milk and sugar

You're a good, kind soul Zang...

Everyone has bad days and you're right about calling her and explaining that to sort things out.
Do, please, let me know how it goes!

Well, we had a nice long chat Tuesday evening and it looks like things are sorted out. She just having a hard time with work. She'll be coming down for another brief visit next month...like a weekend. I hope when Winter rolls around she'll be able to spend more time down here.

Well I'm happy to hear that!

I can't help but wonder what "having a bad day at work" means for her... The rocks are harder than usual? The weather isn't cooperating? Or she's stuck working with less than desirable shmucks? Maybe I'm just in envy of her job because I really don't know anything about it...
You really should invite her to SC so she could tell me all about it!

No, it's more like having a hard time making money, dealing with government bureaucrats stuff like that...

...suddenly, I'm a little less envious.

The grass always looks a little greener doesn't it?

I have redtapeaphobia.

I'd avoid the civil service if I were you.

Funny... As most of my family is from the Outawais region (Near the capital), most are civil servants! My Dad was with Parks Canada, his brother was President of the CLSC in QC, my cousin is a translator for the government, her brother is a recruiter for the army, her other brother is in system management, my sister is with Senate Security and the list goes on...

My husband and I are both in the printing industry which is probably why our marriage lasted. My family never understood why he would sometimes work more than 100 hours in a week and never be there, I do. When a job is scheduled to be on press; it better be on time! Now when I work overtime, late on Fridays when we're supposed to be leaving for the country, Ben never says a word - he understands...

It takes a special breed for this industry as it takes another for civil service - we just won't mention what KIND of person that is. All I can think of is when my sister (the one in Ottawa) called me at work late one afternoon; I was piled chin deep in work and she just wanted to chat. I kept on hearing a tinkle in the background so I asked her what it was. She said it was the ice in her glass of Grand Marnier... I dunno - this seems to go beyond perks that come with the job. I told her to never look out her window in the morning or else she'd have nothing to do in the afternoon!

I used to deal with civil servants when I worked in property management; one of the projects I managed was leased about 55% by provincial government ministries. So you don't have to tell me about civil servants. My sister-in-law has a few in her family as well...and some of my brother's friends...

Printing must be a tough/competitive business these days, what with everyone having their own printers...one of my former roommates was a printer, that was a few years back. He said the industry was really tightening up at the time; a lot of companies going out of business. I guess if you find your niche...

Our niche is in boxes (pharmaceutical to cookies), products are still packaged but commercial printing has really declined since the advent of desktop publishing and the internet. Letterhead? Wassat??

Actually, after I made that comment I was looking at some old surveys and came across one where you were talking about porn video boxes. So that kind of clued me in.

I like it with cheese/tomato sauce

I can't eat. Food has been making me sick for past few days. I survive on tea solely.

Okay, during the time when I'm not lovesick and totally pissed off at everyone at everything (I just quit smoking... again), I like them with the sauce.

Lots of different ways. With cheese sauces, with tomato sauces and lots of different types of meat. Never had it with meatballs though!

And what is meat sauce? Gravy?

I love spaghetti bolognese