I feel like the breaking of spaghetti is a bit exaggerated. Typically people prefer not to break them, but there are plenty occasions in which Italian people do break spaghetti.
Such as using them in a soup, or cooking for an older person which may have problems using the fork properly.
However, if you break spaghetti because your pot is too small you’re definitely doing it wrong. Keep breaking them if you want them smaller, but use a larger pot; that will prevent them from sticking together. You do want quite a lot of water to cook pasta, not just enough to cover them while they’re completely packed in the pot.
Loanwords can change meanings after borrowing. “Pasta” in German and English refers the Italian specialties, while pasta in Italian means any kind of noodle and even some dumplings. “Noodle” kept its meaning in English from German nudel / Dutch noedel.
English is not my native tongue, but going by Wikipedia (written by native speakers I hope) “noodle” does in fact refer to a lot more than “long thin strands”, as does the source words nudel (German) / noedel (Dutch) in their respective languages.
The only greater sin than breaking spaghetti in half, is calling pasta ‘noodles’.
I feel like the breaking of spaghetti is a bit exaggerated. Typically people prefer not to break them, but there are plenty occasions in which Italian people do break spaghetti.
Such as using them in a soup, or cooking for an older person which may have problems using the fork properly.
However, if you break spaghetti because your pot is too small you’re definitely doing it wrong. Keep breaking them if you want them smaller, but use a larger pot; that will prevent them from sticking together. You do want quite a lot of water to cook pasta, not just enough to cover them while they’re completely packed in the pot.
Pasta is a class of noodles. Udon and spätzle are also noodles, but they’re not pasta.
It is the other way around, a noodle is a type of pasta.
Pasta literally means paste, it refers to the dough pasta is made from. Is fact, it also means dough and pastry.
Loanwords can change meanings after borrowing. “Pasta” in German and English refers the Italian specialties, while pasta in Italian means any kind of noodle and even some dumplings. “Noodle” kept its meaning in English from German nudel / Dutch noedel.
If you want to properly classify things it is good to know where words come from.
No.
Spaghetti can be classed as a noodle. Not all pasta however is the long thin strand necessary to be classed as a noodle.
I absolutely despise the continued american assault on language. Words have meaning, even if americans are too stupid to understand the concept.
English is not my native tongue, but going by Wikipedia (written by native speakers I hope) “noodle” does in fact refer to a lot more than “long thin strands”, as does the source words nudel (German) / noedel (Dutch) in their respective languages.
I’m sure words have never once changed meaning in your country.