Thursday, March 27, 2008

Gimme spaghetti

Spaghetti is one of the best things invented by the Italians aside from fashion. Thinking about it now, I seem to forget the last palatable taste I had of it. It must have been ages. Aside from tortang talong and instant noodles, I would never grow tired of it. If I want to, I can eat spaghetti only even in a party full of just about everything you can grasp. I would first look for spaghetti in a table full of the humongous lechon, caldereta, barbeques or hotdogs with mallows pierced in watermelons. I love the spaghetti with tuna and tomatoes and I’m looking forward with the one with Spanish sardines on it. I need to eat spaghetti now.

Haruki Murakami must love spaghetti too. He equates it with melancholy in his short story, The Year of Spaghetti, in his collection, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. In the last portion, he writes:
Durum semolina, golden wheat wafting in the Italian fields. Can you imagine
how astonished the Italians would be if they knew that what they were exporting
in 1971 was really loneliness?
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5 comments:

  1. digitalburyongSaturday, March 29, 2008 12:35:00 AM

    haha i love that short! aside from antonioni, spaghetti is the greatest contribution of the italians to the world.

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  2. jayclopsSaturday, March 29, 2008 12:52:00 AM

    oh jeez, i forgot antonioni.

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  3. jerichoSaturday, March 29, 2008 12:55:00 AM

    so you're a patron of Spaghetti House?..;) i'm still loooking for the film you said. yeah, Bury my Heart was made into a movie by HBO. I've got a copy but still bidding my time before I watch it.

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  4. jayclopsSaturday, March 29, 2008 1:49:00 AM

    I think we don't have that here in Davao, if there was i'd sure frequent there. hehe

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  5. MeloismSunday, March 30, 2008 8:43:00 PM

    my love affair with pasta started, wait, i can't remember. i think it came first before books and words. try spaphetti's cousins. i recommend swiss deli. :-)

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