How Italians Cook Spaghetti-Os. Seriously.

Much to Eva's horror, the very first "pasta" I ever ate was a can of SpaghettiOs. A lot of people have asked Eva to try this canned classic, so I picked some up recently... only to discover that Eva found something surprisingly authentic about SpaghettiOs.

In this video, she's sharing the Italian version of "SpaghettiOs." Plus, if I'm lucky, I can convince her to try a bite of ACTUAL SpaghettiOs...

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05:49 - Frying the Eggplants
07:23 - The REAL Italian Spaghetti-Os
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16:04 - An Italian Tries Spaghetti-Os
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[PastaGrammar]

What was the FIRST pasta you ever ate? Was it some boring, homemade recipe or a can of DELICIOUS SpaghettiOs? 😉

[paulbonge]

"Uh-Oh Spaghetti O's!" was indeed from a television commercial and not a Harper's father-ism. Even as a child, that commercial along with the jingle and cute little girl singing "Rice-a-Roni the San Francisco Treat." was so insufferably cutesy that it made your skin crawl!

[Milewskige]

Chef Boiardi (original spelling) was a REAL Italian chef. He was instrumental in bringing Italian food to an American audience. Before him, most Americans DID NOT eat Italian food of any kind. He did have to change recipes to fit American tastes (and later for kids) but as Americans grew up, they developed a more mature taste for Italian food - which is why it is so popular today. Great episode on the History Channel show "The Food That Built America" Season 3, Episode 12

[daleties]

When I was kid in grade school, my buddy and I used to walk home for lunch. When we'd go to my house, my Italian mother fed us real spaghetti or other home cooked goodies. When we'd go to his house it was Spaghetti-Os or Ravioli-Os. We went to my house as frequently as we possible.

[StormTrackerWV]

The dish she made is not food...that is art. So beautiful. Brava!

[ToniPfau]

Eva missed an important clue about Spaghetti-Os -- the lid has a pull-tab. That's proof it's meant to be eaten when you don't have a can opener because your house burned down and the entire neighborhood, even the entire city, is a wreck because of an asteroid strike or the zombie apocalypse, and the only thing that has survived the carnage is that can of Spaghetti-Os. The pull-tab is life.
And if you still can't bring yourself to eat it, you can always feed it to the neighbor's dog, then eat that.

[michelerenem]

I'm 47 years old and I STILL love Spaghetti Os!! Also, I remember when I was 5 years old, I was eating a meatball in a can of Spaghetti Os and meatballs, when my first tooth came out! My grandmother laughed at me bc I was crying about it. LOL

[nickvoutos]

The look on Eva’s face. Is priceless. Makes me laugh, and most times smile. Her passion is priceless.

[kendebusk]

I'm with you, Eva, never liked the canned stuff :)

Although my mom never had any notion about what "al dente" meant, she did make some nice meatballs with sauce. Once I got old enough and she was working, she would have a recipe card on the counter, all the ingredients were in the kitchen, and I got to make dinner. I was in my "exact" stage of learning cooking. If it called for 2 T of olive oil, I measured it down to the exact drop. I later learned that approximations are fine in that sort of cooking; it's only in baking that exactness plays a part.

[asherbeal]

At 13:34. Yes, That was the jingle from the commercial in the 70’s and early 80’s.

[KimH]

I love Spaghetti-Os! I’m 46 and I still eat them for lunches while at work. But I have to have the meatballs in mine. In fact I had them yesterday for lunch. 😂

[marifersh]

Eva's hair is always on point, love it! :)))

[woodspirit]

First time viewer. In the beginning it was obvious your wife was not happy even a little bit. But after your spaghetti o history lesson and she started mentioning true Italian dishes she literally lit up with the most beautiful smile. She's a true treasure of a wife. Listen to her when it comes to food. This woman is an expert.

[singing]

I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, home of Hector Boiardee, better known as Chef Boyardee.
The first pasta I had was a boxed spaghetti dinner. It included dried pasta, a can of meat sauce, and a small package of Parmesan cheese. My siblings and I often had it for lunch.
We did sometimes have canned pasta, also from Chef Boyardee, but even at that very young age we preferred the freshly cooked dry pasta.

[eliseleonard]

I was little in the early days of Spaghetti-O’s, but our Mom wouldn’t buy any processed foods (before that was cool), except for bread. She grew up on a farm in Vermont during the Depression. So of course I was excited to have them at other kids’ houses and even then I thought they were horrible yet somehow strangely irresistible. Just like box Mac &cheese.
Eva’s spaghetti-O’s look AMAZING. I have everything in the house to make them (yes even the same brand of O pasta) except the eggplant. Contemplating a grocery store run now 😊

[JMarSa-]

Harper, you are one very lucky man!! This version of Eva’s Spaghetti-Os is a beautiful dish, all I can say is perhaps a toddler wouldn’t know any better. But, we all do! Eva, you are a very good sport.

[VampireJack]

Over here in the UK we don't have the brand Spaghettios, but have generic spaghetti hoops in a tomato sauce.
I always find that I need to squirt some ketchup in before cooking, for more flavour, but I'll happily eat them on toast, or over a plate of chips (fries) anytime. Sadly there's not much nutrition to them, but I still enjoy them as a 50 year old man, having grown up on them in the 70s and 80s.

[jonathanrio]

OMG!!!! "Uh oh, spaghettio's!!!" We said that too!! I'm a 60's You just took me back! I used to LOVE them!!! Today, just looking at them grosses me out. I'm with Eva! hahahahaha

[craftyjoy]

What she is making is something that we as kids in the 80’s could never have made! Hence we had our spaghetti o’s and ravioli in a can! To pop open! Especially for us latch key kids!
🙋🏼‍♀️🥫🇺🇸🙏🏼

[fedzciulla]

Here in Palermo it’s just a tiny bit different and we usually call it “pasta al forno”, or “pasta ‘cu furnu” as many like to call it.
Usually it’s not layered, eggplants and eggs are common, but not always used, and the cheese is mixed with the pasta. But basically very, very similar.