Do you have enough spaghetti in your preps? Richard Dimbleby discusses the details of the bumper Swiss spaghetti crop. Watch a rural Swiss family pulling pasta off spaghetti trees and placing it into baskets.
"The spaghetti harvest here in Switzerland is not, of course, carried out on anything like the tremendous scale of the Italian industry," Dimbleby informs the audience. "Many of you, I'm sure, will have seen pictures of the vast spaghetti plantations in the Po valley. For the Swiss, however, it tends to be more of a family affair."
The narration then continued in a tone of absolute seriousness:
"Another reason why this may be a bumper year lies in the virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil, the tiny creature whose depradations have caused much concern in the past."
Dimbleby anticipates some questions viewers might have. For instance, why, if spaghetti grows on trees, does it always come in uniform lengths? The answer was that "this is the result of many years of patient endeavor by past breeders who succeeded in producing the perfect spaghetti."
Apparently the life of a spaghetti farmer was not free of worries: "The last two weeks of March are an anxious time for the spaghetti farmer. There's always the chance of a late frost which, while not entirely ruining the crop, generally impairs the flavor and makes it difficult for him to obtain top prices in world markets."
But finally, Dimbleby assures the audience that, "For those who love this dish, there's nothing like real, home-grown spaghetti."
To grow spaghetti: "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
The BBC has the original broadcast of the Panorama documentary available online in the realvideo format. The realvideo player must be installed on your computer in order to view the broadcast.
TO LISTEN TO THE BROADCAST, LOCATE THE LINK ON THIS PAGE:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/spaghetti.html
"The spaghetti harvest here in Switzerland is not, of course, carried out on anything like the tremendous scale of the Italian industry," Dimbleby informs the audience. "Many of you, I'm sure, will have seen pictures of the vast spaghetti plantations in the Po valley. For the Swiss, however, it tends to be more of a family affair."
The narration then continued in a tone of absolute seriousness:
"Another reason why this may be a bumper year lies in the virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil, the tiny creature whose depradations have caused much concern in the past."
Dimbleby anticipates some questions viewers might have. For instance, why, if spaghetti grows on trees, does it always come in uniform lengths? The answer was that "this is the result of many years of patient endeavor by past breeders who succeeded in producing the perfect spaghetti."
Apparently the life of a spaghetti farmer was not free of worries: "The last two weeks of March are an anxious time for the spaghetti farmer. There's always the chance of a late frost which, while not entirely ruining the crop, generally impairs the flavor and makes it difficult for him to obtain top prices in world markets."
But finally, Dimbleby assures the audience that, "For those who love this dish, there's nothing like real, home-grown spaghetti."
To grow spaghetti: "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
The BBC has the original broadcast of the Panorama documentary available online in the realvideo format. The realvideo player must be installed on your computer in order to view the broadcast.
TO LISTEN TO THE BROADCAST, LOCATE THE LINK ON THIS PAGE:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/spaghetti.html
