The Spaghetti Tree

You are undoubtedly interested in modern technology? The changes that happen in our modern world are axiomatically reflected in our everyday habits, don't you agree?.

Well, read on for the true facts on developing a new style of delivering food to your table.

Many years ago scientists came up with the idea of growing spaghetti on trees. This was as a result from a lot of pressure put upon the Government by a large population which consumes trillions of pieces of spaghetti annually. One of the reasons behind this was the ever-spiralling cost of spaghetti in the supermarkets. Another reason was that because there are now more city folk than country folk consumers of spaghetti, (Government Bureau of Statistics Census figures) there was a tendency to want an easier way to get spaghetti. What easier way than to have it growing outside your own backdoor!

A group of renowned scientists were employed to solve this problem and create for the Government an impression that they were doing something for the people (a first!).

Where to start looking?

In our modern technology where it is so easy to extract DNA particles out of objects (look at how easy the dinosaurs were cloned for Jurassic Park), scientists looked at various types of spaghetti to find which variety would be easier to clone. It was decided that, after extensive investigation (sending teams of specialists overseas), that the Northern Italian variety was the most congenial to extracting DNA. But what could this DNA be cloned with and what was the best way to produce an environmental friendly spaghetti tree?

After extensive research it was proven that the best partner in this operation was the Catkin Tree. Other trees were tried and found not to be compatible. For example the Olive tree was trialed - it grew too large and was found not suitable - as well, this mix with the Olive made the spaghetti far too greasy.

Another idea was tested with sweet corn. Although the taste was superb, the spaghetti exploded when heated (just like popcorn) and caused frantic confusion in many kitchens.

Eventually the chosen Catkin Tree was deemed suitable because of its habit of growing long catkins, which hung down from the branches. The spaghetti DNA was merged into the Catkin trees genes and was ideal.

Another problem was to ensure that the type of spaghetti grown was No.1 al dente as this was the most popular in the world, used in all households. Also, the tree had to be fairly low growing so as not to intimidate the smaller-built people and to allow easy picking. This would ensure that parents could send the kids out to the tree without much chance of them coming back empty-handed.

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