Women and spaghetti are both complex, full of layers of wonderment, and prone to being tangled if not handled correctly. Women can cause attraction and repulsion at the same time. So does spaghetti.
Take a pound of spaghetti and boil it until it is soft and mushy.
- Take a pound of spaghetti and boil it until it is soft and mushy.
- Let it sit for a few minutes in the water.
- Drain, but don’t rinse.
Add some olive oil to the pot, then add some butter or margarine, about a tablespoon, or half an ounce. (Remember that the butter and oil are both fat.)
Add some chopped garlic if you like it garlicky — about half a clove per person — but be careful not to overdo it because garlic can get overwhelming quickly! You can also use dried herbs such as rosemary or oregano instead of fresh ones, which last longer and have a more intense flavor — just make sure they’re crushed up first.
Stir everything around until it’s evenly coated with oil and herbs and spices, take it off heat, then add some grated cheese (Parmesan works well) until it’s at your desired consistency: if you want to keep things simple, just sprinkle on as much cheese as will stick together when stirred; otherwise you’ll need to measure out precise amounts according to taste.
Throw the soggy spaghetti against a wall. What sticks to the wall is what you cook with.
“Throw the soggy spaghetti against the wall,” said my mother. “What sticks to the wall is what you cook with.”
That might sound like an odd thing for a mother to say, but my mom was a food scientist, and she was giving me an important lesson about cooking pasta.
The problem with pasta is that it’s made from flour and water. The flour is gluten, which makes pasta chewy and tough if you don’t add enough water to separate the gluten molecules.
But too much water makes your pasta sticky and gooey, so you have to find the right balance between not enough and too much water.
As it happens, there’s a simple way to figure out if your pasta has enough water: Throw it against a wall. If it sticks, it’s too dry; if not, then you’re good to go.
Spaghetti and women are alike because they both need to be boiled until they’re soft and mushy.
Women and spaghetti are quite similar. The two were made for each other, and they go together like peanut butter and jelly. In fact, there are so many similarities between the two that one might even wonder why there isn’t a spaghetti-for-women commercial yet.
Spaghetti is delicious on its own, but it tastes even better when cooked with women. Women are delicious on their own, but they taste even better when cooked with spaghetti.
Both women and spaghetti need to be boiled until they’re soft and mushy.
The best way to cook women is by boiling them in water or broth until they’re nice and tender — just like spaghetti!
You can also add a little bit of olive oil or butter to improve the flavor if desired (or needed), but this should only be done sparingly because neither women nor spaghetti should be greasy or oily.
Then you can toss them against the wall to see which ones stick around.
You know how when you’re mid-argument with your partner, you start to wonder if what you’re fighting about is worth it? If you could just see the other person’s point of view, would things be better?
This is the same idea behind the spaghetti test. It’s a way to find out if you and your partner are compatible. It’s also a great metaphor for communication and compromise.
The spaghetti test has two parts:
- First, have an argument about something relatively small, like who will cook dinner that night. Then each person should write down what they think their partner thinks about the topic and why they think so. Then take turns reading them out loud.
- Then you can toss them against the wall to see which ones stick around. If there are some disagreements in there, that’s okay — it just means that you two are different people!
Spaghetti is like women but not as important, because women are a higher priority than spaghetti.
Spaghetti is like women but not as important, because women are a higher priority than spaghetti.
Spaghetti is like women in the sense that it can be very frustrating to get out of the box.
Spaghetti is like women in the way that it’s always better when someone else cooks it for you.
Spaghetti is like women in that it’s fun to play with, but you usually don’t want to eat it.
Spaghetti is like women because sometimes you want to throw them both away and start from scratch.
Conclusion
You are more alike than you may realize. You have put in time and time again to get to where you are. It is not a coincidence that many famous chefs, like Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey, understand the importance of spaghetti as a staple pantry item. Like women, spaghetti keeps men fed and happy.
