Eating Spaghetti by the Fistful Was Once a Neapolitan Street Spectacle
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Tourists flocked to see the "macaroni eaters" cram noodles into their mouths.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Festina_lente123 on 2025-01-01 19:38:51+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Up until the late 19th century in Naples, pasta was a street food eaten with bare hands. People would tilt back their head and lower the pasta into their open mouths, often one uninterrupted fistful after another. Tourists would come to Naples just to watch the locals eat in the streets.