I always thought it was a depression thing. My mother in law served noodles with her home made grape jelly for the kids usually the day before dad brought his pay check home. She also made spaghetti with a sauce made from ketchup and milk. Again a cheap meal and she didn't know Italian food. Another favorite of mine were her raised rolls each with a plum inside them. Oh how I'd like to have one now. When I was courting Sylvia, I took her to an Italian restaurant and her eyes beamed after she tasted her food. She said I never liked spaghetti and then she told me how her mother had served it to them as kids. If we have leftover rice I will eat it with sugar and cinnamon for dessert. Good. Bill