- The cylindrical shape allows too much sauce to get to the bottom of the plate. What a waste of sauce. :\
- By the same token of #1, the noodles hold very little sauce as they travel from plate to mouth. This throws off the noodle to sauce ratio considerably.
- Spaghetti seems to hold more water than it's brethren, fettucine and linguine. Each mouthful lacks in flavor.
- It reminds me way too much of Chef Boyarde's cheapass spaghetti noodles.
- Spaghetti, due to it's slippery and cylindrical nature, is very unpredictable. The amount of spaghetti lost in transit from plate from mouth always varies.
- The losses from #5 causes splashes of the sauce at the plate below, which can end up anywhere from your lap to the top of your head. There's goes my favorite shirt.
To summarize, spaghetti is the worst of all the pastas. It's megalomanic nature ensures that most of the other ingredients end up at the very bottom of the plate. Even in the throws of death, where it shines the most, it refuses to share the limelight with the other ingredients. Twirling of the fork means that most of the other ingredients fall off, not twirling the fork means the long strands have a chance to strike at thee and leave it's final mark as it departs.
The next time you visit the grocery store, I ask that you heed my advice...and stay away from the godforsaken spaghetti noodles. That is all.
