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2006-07-25 01:26:12 · 38 answers · asked by virtv2000 1 in Food & Drink Cooking & Recipes

photo is of me in my harvesting outfit

2006-07-25 01:51:14 · update #1

38 answers

you must be part of the blue peter generation that thinks it grows on pasta trees!
flour, eggs and water = spagetti

2006-07-25 01:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by g8bvl 5 · 0 0

Spaghetti is not a widely-eaten food in the UK and is considered by many as an exotic delicacy. It can also be used to fence in small snakes if the strands are placed close enough together.

Each year the end of March is a very anxious time for Spaghetti harvesters all over Europe as severe frost can impair the flavour of the spaghetti. Despite it's Italian name Spagetti is best grown in a more uphill climate than Italy - a good example is the Scottish loch Buttoni where spaggetti is grown hydroponically (under water) and harvested by fish fed on a diet of blue cheese, hence it's intense flavours.

Each strand of spaghetti always grows to the same length thanks to years of hard work by generations of growers. This is an early example of a blend between genetic engineering and colour coding although some Catholic chuch members disagree.

Some spaggetti growers wear springs on their shoes that enables them to jump over small mammels although this practice is dying out. They also can change colour almost at will.

The ideal time to harvest the crop ("Disponga una scommessa sulla rana" as the locals may say) is after lunch when the spaggetti is exactly the same length as the plastic wrappers that are often grown nearby.

2006-07-25 01:47:28 · answer #2 · answered by saumarez1998 2 · 0 0

Averaging from 4 to 8 pounds, the cylinder shaped spaghetti squash is generally available year-round with a peak season from early fall through winter. While a true spaghetti squash is pale ivory to pale yellow in color, in the early 1990's, an orange spaghetti squash, known as "Orangetti" was developed and this is what is frequently found in today's supermarkets. Higher in beta carotene, the orange variety is also bit sweeter than its paler counterpart, although both have a mild flavor that is easily enhanced by the food served with or on it. A dieter's dream, a four-ounce serving of spaghetti squash has only 37 calories

2006-07-25 01:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by jackie_in_wv 4 · 0 0

Spaghetti can only be grown if you have created a special junction. There are two known places in the UK that specialise in spaghetti. The most famous is very close to the M6.
It appears that the higher the spaghetti the better as you can harvest the longest possible length. This allows for those people who like to have just one very long piece to suck from their plates.

2006-07-25 01:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by FontOfNoKnowledge 3 · 0 0

I believe its somewhere in Italy, The spaghetti growing and harvest was featured on a Tv programme many years ago, and I think due to industrial espionage and stuff like that, its location and full details are kept top secret

2006-07-25 01:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by SunnyDays 5 · 0 0

Spaghetti are the immature tube worms found off the coast of Italy where they must be harvested by the light of the moon. Oh wait, never mind.

2006-07-25 02:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by Kijad 2 · 0 0

Spaghetti grows downwards - not upwards. The mid-sized spaghetti tree graces many an Italian hillside. At harvest-time (about 8.30am on 22 September annually) it is regulation length (visit your local supermarket for details) and snipped off using elephant toe-nail clippers.

2006-07-25 01:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by izzieere 5 · 0 0

As a student i went to do some summer work in Italy hopefully to pick grapes , fruit ,ect.as we could not find any farms willing to employ us as we were not Italian , A 6 foot 6 inch Jamaican told us that if we kept a secret he could get us work on a pasta farm we all had to sign a contract of confidence .then we were blind folded put on a truck with only bottled water after drinking the water we all fell asleep and 24 hrs later we were in fields covered in spagghetti we could only cut it when it was half the size of the Jamaican 1metre high same as his legs .As we were wondering where in Italy that we had been taken one day I had to go for provisions the took me out on the truck to my surprise I saw Durham cathedral we were in the north east of England ,look on the packet its written durum wheat so you know that tis story is true .Hope this helps.

2006-07-25 06:56:31 · answer #8 · answered by Will 2 · 0 0

It grows mainly on the plains and is usually harvested when it is long enough to fit into the packet.

2006-07-25 01:33:51 · answer #9 · answered by QuackQuack 3 · 0 0

On a special spaghetti tree, located in the outer hebrides.

Just kidding..water, flour, salt, egg mished and mashed in a spaghetti maker.

However, bowtie pasta comes from the pastaramos tree in venezuela

2006-07-25 01:31:09 · answer #10 · answered by Richelou 2 · 0 0

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