to snap spaghetti in half before it goes in the saucepan

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It doesn't fit if I don't!

My sister says I should stick it in, wait for the half that is in the water to soften enough, then bend it over so the rest goes in the hot water too.

However I don't like this because
a. the top bit sticking out the pan gets singed by the hot metal of the pan, which tastes bad
b. half the spaghetti is a bit more cooked than the other half

AIBU?

If you leave it sticking out it eventually falls into the pan. My stepdad snaps it as its easier for kids to eat then

I do it, my loves-to-cook father does it, my Italian grandmother did it. No, YANBU.

Snap it. The cccccrrrrrraaaacccckkkk noise is more satisfying.

It's the little things.

YABU.
It's bac luck.

Snap away girl!

No way sacrilegious, it's far more enjoyable eating spaghetti as it is slurp

I have never felt the need to snap it.

how big is the pan? I always use a very big pan, like a stock pot - and plonk the spaghetti in. As it softens it falls in naturally.

I am a snapper. My DH thinks this is an outrage and would c

I am a snapper. My DH thinks this is an outrage and would consider divorcing over it. He cooks the spaghetti in our house now.

(Stupid iPhone!!)

YABU - DH is a snapper - this should have been part of pre marriage talks!

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I always snap my pasta

It really doesn't take long to bend enough for the whole length to fit in the water.

YABU.

It also isn't bad luck to break spaghetti, you are thinking of noodles! [though Im sure it isn't really bad luck to break them either, it is just a tradition]

I'm a snapper. Nothing wrong with doing it. YANBU.

Never thought of snapping it, top tip if the day :)

The things you learn on here! I have honestly never ever thought to snap the spaghetti.

There some kind of a trick you can do with spaghetti, where you hold it all together lengthways in the pan, twist it and it all should fall nicely in when it softens. I've never been able to do it properly though. I don't snap, just prod it in with the other end of the wooden soon I'm cooking with.

Snap!! It's too long to slurp otherwise!

I snap it. I like the CRACK and its easier for me dd to eat that way.

Glad I'm not alone- I also snap- but for some reason didn't think anyone else did.

Another snapper here. In what way does anyone benefit from it being full length? What I don't understand is why I can't by short spaghetti.

I do for the children.

Dh and I can manage the full length spaghetti, cos we are grown ups.

I never thought not to snap it

Yes I snap too. Just makes sense!