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[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

4 servings: 500 g
1 serving: 500 g
3 servings: 500 g

I always cook the whole package. I can eat leftovers later or make some new dish out of it the next day.

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

with 500g you can eat leftovers for 3-4 days if you live alone

[-] DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Family of 5. We make 500 g, no leftovers.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

You see that hole? That's enough for 1 serving.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

Looks over at my teens

Yeah, sure. For me maybe.

If I cook a box I'll still have about a couple cups left over. If I cook half a box they'll all be bitching that they're still hungry in 15 minutes, and they'll consume another entire box.

I cook it restaurant style I don't even stop the water from boiling.

Honestly, it's one of the reasons I don't cook that much spaghetti the chunkier pasta shaped work better as leftovers.

[-] Graymouzer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I have 4 teenagers. I cook 2 boxes every time. There are no leftovers.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

YO WHAT? How have I never known this til now?

[-] JelleWho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I still just go for 100g/person. Altough the hole trick is nice if your out and about and done have a scale

[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 week ago

If you are out and have your travel spaghetti scooper with you

[-] spooky2092 3 points 1 week ago

Who doesn't make travel spaghetti with their portable pot of boiling water?

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[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Instructions unclear, my spaghetto is stuck in the spoon hole...

[-] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Desperation breeds innovation I guess.

[-] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

between 70-500g per person. Hope it helps.

[-] rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

So between a light snack and "I want people to think I'm pregnant."

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125 grams of dried pasta per person, as a main course usually works fine for me.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 week ago

What's that? Dump the whole box in?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

“No, wai-“

fwish

“Too late!”

[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

This is hilarious to me. We make 400g for 2 (normal sized) people.

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[-] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 1 week ago

Pasta 80g/person (women may prefer 70g), sauce about 100g/person

[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Women may prefer 🤣 Jesus Christ

[-] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 1 week ago

? That's just how it is, some people eat more, some eat less, women on average eat less.

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I assume that's basically plain pasta? Or are we talking American portions?

Because in most of the world it's 70-90g. If you're going with heavy dishes it's sometimes down into 50-60g.

Not American portions, but for a dish that is centered around pasta. Usually with a light tomatoe sauce, aglio e olio or something like that. And I like to have a second helping, so that's included.

If you're going for a casserolle or something else with lots of Cheese, a thick and creamy sauce, or relevant amounts of meat and/or vegetables to go with it, you'll need less than that.

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[-] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I use 160g spaghetti with an entire 14oz jar of sauce, personally.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

1 person: what fits in the hole when you place your index finger against the first joint in your thumb. 2 person, second joint. three person thumb tip. Smaller rations, loose fit, larger rations tighter fit. Try a few times to adjust for your hand size. It's just a step above eyeballing, but shockingly effective.

Edit: Not that hole, I see you coming. And not coming that way. Jeez, the infantilism!

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[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Instead of measuring out your pasta, have you considered switching to Linux?

[-] weird@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 week ago
[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

What he meant was GNU/Spaghetti

Jokes aside, it's an operating system alternative to Windows. The Steam Deck gaming handheld runs Linux. It's a free and open software.

[-] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Pot is an effective limitator.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Cook it all. Save what you don't eat in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Cooked noodles are so useful. Fry them with chili paste, yum yum! Make peanut sauce and eat them cold. Even just tossed with sesame oil and salt they are pretty good.

[-] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

This. Also toss it evenly with some olive oil before you put it in the fridge. Will delay the concrete phase by a lot

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Be careful with this.

Turned pasta is really dangerous and hard to notice as it doesn't have an awful smell or look like other foods when bacteria settles.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It goes straight into the fridge, been doing this for over 30 years with no problem. I don't save half eaten pasta, just split it after it's cooked.

[-] rakzcs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

1g per 1kg of your weight. So for someone who weighs 100kg you use 100g of pasta.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

hold on i'm doing weed maths

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

dammit math is hard when you're high

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I keep seeing variations of this theme. My mom always does the opposite. Like 12 people are coming over for thanksgiving or Christmas and she makes one little bag of noodles.

[-] Mechanize@feddit.it 4 points 1 week ago

125g per person if you only eat that, 80 to 100 if you eat something else too

Good brands you can usually find outside of italy with not outrageous prices are Rummo and Garofalo, less good but still okay, and at a generally lower price, you can usually find Voiello or De Cecco

Barilla is the most common, but outside of their spaghetti I'm not a big fan

There are a bunch of others, but these tend to be easier to find

That's all, thank you for coming to my TED talk

[-] Una@europe.pub 4 points 1 week ago

I once made spaghetti without water

[-] Nusm@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago
[-] Una@europe.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Put spaghetti in pot, heat the stove, put pot on the stove. Wait

[-] Nusm@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Ok, i guess now i know!

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Get some containers and keep leftovers. Cooking more than you will eat in one sitting saves your future self some work.

[-] Master@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

If you are a guy then its an easy measurement. Make an o with your finger and thumb the girth of your erect dick. That's your dick width of pasta serving. No more. No less!

[-] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I never make less than a whole box

[-] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Can never make too much pasta. Better too much than too little. Can always throw the leftovers in the fridge and microwave it the day after or make a lunch box. Of course, if you are struggling with overeating, then idk. Make to little maybe.

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