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    Home » Cooking Stuff » Cooking Tips

    How to Properly Open a Package of Spaghetti

    October 18, 2011 by Karen 165 Comments

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    Sometimes you do things over and over again in your life having no idea you're doing it completely wrong.

    Until last year for instance my niece thought the word was "chickmunk".  Clearly, it is not.  But she had no idea.  It worked for her her whole life, the word "chickmunk".  She didn't end up in jail because of using it, she never once had her house repossessed and didn't turn to drugs because of it.   But once I pointed out to her that the actual word was "chipmunk", her life got a little bit better.  Easier.  More fulfilling.  Colours were brighter.  She won prizes and stuff.

    And so I am going to teach all of you how to do something you probably think you've been doing just fine over your entire lifetime.

     

    Cellophane package of spaghetti sitting on loose uncooked spaghetti on a white countertop.

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    I'm going to teach you how to properly open a package of spaghetti.

    How to open spaghetti

    How to Open Spaghetti

     

    How to properly open a cellophane package of spaghetti.

    Get ready for the fireworks and prizes.

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    1. Amy

      March 10, 2025 at 5:31 am

      I watched Jamie Oliver casually do this in a video years ago and it changed my life LOL

      Reply
      • Karen

        March 11, 2025 at 12:20 am

        I'll never get over this trick. I can't remember where I discovered it but it always puts me in a good mood when I do it. ~ karen!

        Reply
    2. Mad

      October 11, 2023 at 9:14 pm

      Now I have to buy a package of spaghetti just to do that in front of my granddaughter.

      Reply
      • Karen

        October 12, 2023 at 10:38 am

        Don't be shy about it. Give it a good whack. ~ karen!

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    3. Sandy

      October 01, 2023 at 12:36 pm

      Brilliant, just brilliant!!

      Reply
    4. Dale

      August 05, 2016 at 11:59 am

      Karen,
      Your postings are timeless. From October 2011 to August 2016. "The Art of Doing Stuff" will go down in Canadian history as a masterpiece of info and humour. (Did I spell humor correctly?)
      Love these posts!!!

      Reply
    5. Jacqueline

      September 29, 2015 at 3:43 pm

      Speaking of mis-sayings..my kids used to refer to Ikea as "My-kea". Like it was theirs!

      Reply
    6. AmyinStL

      September 29, 2015 at 8:39 am

      I don't think I've ever seen spaghetti in a bag. It's all in boxes here.

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