National Spaghetti Day

January 4th is National Spaghetti Day! We love spaghetti at Private Home Health Care, whether it be in a beefy ragu sauce or a creamy alfredo coating, you can never go wrong with spaghetti. Usually made from semolina flour, this pasta has been a worldwide favorite for ages and loved by millions all over the world. There are a variety of different pasta dishes based on spaghetti, and the sauce determines most of them. Spaghetti can be a go-to weeknight meal or dressed up as a special occasion delight, such as spaghetti carbonara.

Though the origins of spaghetti are disputed—whether it was Marco Polo bringing back culinary invention from the East, and Arab trade-route delicacy, or a home-grown Sicilian treat dating back to the 12th Century—we can all agree that a cold night with a big bowl of noodle-y, saucy goodness is balm for the soul. So join us on January 4th as we celebrate National Spaghetti Day with this amazing dish! The word spaghetti is plural for the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning “thin string” or “twine.”

In March of 2009, the world record for the largest bowl of spaghetti was set and then reset in March of 2010 when a Garden Grove California Buca di Beppo restaurant successfully filled a swimming pool with more than 13,780 pounds of pasta. Did you know that there is a tradition of throwing spaghetti at the wall to see if it is cooked and ready to be eaten? Don’t forget to take it down or it could get stuck up there for a while!

It used to be that the standard semolina pasta was by and large the only option. Nowadays there are many different types of spaghetti that are healthier than the traditional kind. There is whole wheat, gluten free, pasta from lentils and beans, and more! Also, there is veggie pasta! This is ‘spaghetti’ made from zucchini or squash using a spiralizer to cut it into spaghetti strips! This spaghetti is just as delicious as the semolina one, and it is much healthier and lower in calories. You can treat it like regular spaghetti and put sauce on it. Plus, the spiralizer is so much fun to use!

Private Home Health Care wishes you a happy National Spaghetti Day! Celebrate by eating your favorite kind of spaghetti, or even making your own!