# Eating raw pasta **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pasta/455094 "2008-07-02T20:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pasta/455094/21 "2008-07-03T13:30:23Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] As noted it was in childhood. We got pop once a week. We got chips and other treats once a week. The pasta was something we could snack on that wasn’t flour or sugar or a raw potato. Are you seeing why we snuck pasta? **There wasn’t much in the house that we could eat, when it wasn’t a regular meal time.** At meal time you didn’t dawdle, or you were out of luck. [/QUOTE] This is exactly the reason I did it. We didn’t have “snack food” on tap, so if I was hungry (or bored) between meals, I’d raid the kitchen cupboards to see what I could eat straight out of the packet. Dried pasta was one, and Oxo cubes were another. (I still have a weakness for Oxo cubes!) ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pasta/455094/22 "2008-07-03T14:09:20Z")
I like to crunch on uncooked spaghetti too. I also like eating raw pasta before it dries when making it from scratch. I’ve never gotten sick from either. –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pasta/455094/23 "2008-07-03T14:21:09Z")
Raw _dry_ or raw _fresh_ pasta? It makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pasta/455094/24 "2008-07-03T14:21:23Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] This is exactly the reason I did it. We didn’t have “snack food” on tap, so if I was hungry (or bored) between meals, I’d raid the kitchen cupboards to see what I could eat straight out of the packet. Dried pasta was one, and Oxo cubes were another. (I still have a weakness for Oxo cubes!) [/QUOTE] Yep. Licking the Oxo cubes and rewarapping them for later. Sort of like a sucker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raw-pasta/455094.md?page=1)