Noodlegate: A Potential Recipe for Disaster

Old Bridge, New Jersey, recently found itself entangled in the enigma of the century: someone unceremoniously dumped 500 pounds of spaghetti and macaroni near a local stream.

Mayor Owen Henry dispatched a crew to clean up the noodles as soon as they were discovered. It turns out that the pasta had been raw when dumped, but heavy rains soon swooped in, transforming the pasta into a mess of undercooked and unpalatable goo.

Mayor Henry assured everyone that no environmental or health issues arose from the heap of pasta dumped by unknown food-abusing perpetrators.

For me, the story leaves me with one burning question: should the noodles be considered litter or merely leftovers?

—Mitchell Hegman

Source:  apnews.com