So who is this Al Dente person anyway, and why do we want to eat his pasta?

I can't eat pasta

you know Al, kinda stiff personality but most people with any taste seem to like him??!!

Some old Italian dude, I think we signed some sort of treaty.

Al is firm to the bite. That's all I know about him.

Well, he's not soggy. I can tell you that much.

Not sure, but wonder if he is familiar with that Virgin, Olive Oil.

Is it a person?

I always thought al dente was a way of cooking pasta where you don't overcook it.

> Is it a person?


Hrrmmm... Didja notice the category?

*smile*

Now that you mention...

He's a tough one.

Yeah, I was in a monkeeee kinda mood and had just had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.

I have kind of a weird sense of humor. A couple weeks ago at work, as I was on my way to the van in the parking garage, this very comely young lady with bodacious ta-tas was walking toward me. She had on a tight shirt with LEO blazoned large across her chest and below those...er, that I mean , a pattern of stars illuminated with the outline of a crouching lion. So, as we neared each other, I smiled winningly and asked, "So, what's your sign?" She answered, "I'm a Leo," then put her hands on her hips, laughed and said, "Now I know damn' well you could see that!" I smiled again and chuckled evilly. She continued into the building, laughing loudly.

Some days at work are just more fun than others.

Damn, FG, this blasted thing only lets me give ya one plus...

> Damn, FG, this blasted thing only lets me give
> ya one plus...

There, I gave him one, too.

So, FG, I told Sharon about this survey and your response. She shook her said, put her hands over face and muttered, "Oh God, there's two of you..."

He's a very smart man. Never doubt the wisdom of Al Dente.

My Mum always served pasta with the consistency of wallpaper paste

Yeah why would you eat dented pasta? LOL

Albert Dente invented it

Because nohing says "tasty" like spaghetti stuck on the cieling!

< groan >

I got nothin'.

> Damn, FG, this blasted thing
> only lets me give ya one plus...

I gave him one for ya.

My mom still does!! She just can't get it. 35 years of cooking delicious meals and she just can not do pasta.

I learned from my ex. If I'm not sure, I taste a little piece and I can always tell that way.

I was just talking to my mom the other day about her terrible pasta skills.

My Mum still does too. If I visit for dinner and she cooks pasta, I make sure I "help".

We had spaghetti last night. No onions in though. So it was an 'every flavour in the kitchen apart from onions' affair. Quite nice.

Slower to digest. A more constant and sustaining source of food energy after eating.