Spaghetti Growing On Trees In Switzerland

Spaghetti growing on trees in Switzerland
On April 1, 1957, the BBC broadcast a program entitled Panorama, which had a huge spaghetti harvest in Switzerland. In that program looked at a familygathering pasta spaghetti trees and placing them in baskets, while the show's host, Richard Dembley certainly well respected, said: "The spaghetti harvest here in Switzerland, it has nothing to the view isperformed with a large scale in Italy. Many of you have seen pictures of the vast spaghetti plantations in the Po Valley. For the Swiss, however, tends to be a more family affair. " "Another reasoncould be extraordinary this year is related to the disappearance of the spaghetti weevil, the tiny creature whose misdeeds have caused so much concern in the past."
To more credible, the study had apartner who asked why, if the spaghetti grow on trees, they always have a certain length? The response was simply amazing Dimbley: "This is the result of many years of patient effort by the harvestersof the past, who managed to produce the perfect spaghetti".
And apparently a farmer's life is not without its concerns: "The last two weeks of March are a time of nerves for spaghetti farmers. Thereis always the possibility of a late frost that although not ruin the entire crop, generally impairs the flavor and makes it more difficult to sell at a good price in world markets. "
Finally,Dimbleby assured the audience that, "for all those who love this dish, there is nothing better than a plate of home-grown spaghetti."
As stated earlier, the broadcast was a hoax, and it was a joke fools dayin England. Shortly after the end of the program, began receiving hundreds of calls from viewers desconcerrtados, they wanted to know if the spaghetti really grow on trees.
Others wondered how theycould plant their own tree. From the station, they said they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best." The truth of the assembly was not made public until...