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[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Weigh the thing, that's how they do it in restaurants. 2 ounces or roughly 60 grams of dry pasta per person if the pasta is a side for a main protein or dish. 100gr per serving if you like to eat a lot of pasta, or if the whole meal is only pasta mixed with something. 200 gr if you're eating nothing but pure pasta for that meal and want to feel full and hate yourself afterwards.

Are all cooks drug dealers?... Actually never mind. Don't answer that.

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Agree weigh, but jeez that feels like a lot of pasta lol. I usually do 40 grams with some bread for dinner. I can’t imagine eating 60 grams as a side but I like to leave room for dessert.

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago

100 grams per person. Easy. Whatever the equivalent is in freedom units.

[-] StorageAware@lemmings.world 21 points 1 year ago

I'd say about 0.0215 bald eagles.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

bald eagle weight: 3 – 6.3kg. so you are actually right in the ballpark. Nicely done.

[-] StorageAware@lemmings.world 12 points 1 year ago

Had to spent a minute or two looking it up but it was worth it.

[-] shea 21 points 1 year ago

i just checked and it's 100 grams in america, too

[-] snugglebutt 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure they meant the conversion to imperial.

[-] DJKayDawg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's different under American standard gravity.

[-] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Without being cheeky, grams are commonly used for food recipes in the US. The nutrition facts on the label are all listed in grams/mg

[-] Auriel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It really depends what you eat with it. Tomato sauce? Then 100g is not getting you far.

[-] jflorez@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Only if you think in terms of American sized portions

Honestly? I've done 100g all my life, now I'm doing 75 to lose weight and with some salad and a little cheese and whatnot it's enough for me.

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

150g if I'm not hungry. 200g if I am.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

That's like 2 servings though. A serving is usually 56 grams.

Just start body building. Then you can just make the entire box and be fine.

Seriously, though, eating 4-5000 calories a day of healthy food is awful.

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

"healthy food"

When your body is desperate for calories, all food is healthy.

Not for your gains!

There are simple runes to make the right amount of pasta.

I don't know them personally, and the people who tell me this also don't know them, but they exist, probably. .

[-] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

I'll ask a Dwarf friend of mine about that rune ^^

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I juat make all of it and meal prep

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

I like that there's a fancy word for it. I've always done food for two or three days in one go because I'm lazy. I don't want to be cooking every day. But in reality I've been meal prepping this whole time.

Feels good

I just cooked an entire 900 g bag of cavatappi and froze most of it. Will defrost portions as needed. Way easier than washing a pot every time.

[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I just cook 250g, or half a package, every time and that works fine. It's getting more complicated if I cook for more people than just me though.

People always judge me for it, since I'm skinny.

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's what I do but I'm also cooking for two every time, and we usually have enough leftovers for somebody to have lunch the next few days. That's really impressive that you can put that amount of spaghetti away all by yourself.

[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Thank you, it's not often that people are impressed by my spaghetti handling abilities.

You kinda have to train your body to do it. It's not a fun process.

[-] janNatan@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Oh, it doesn't look like enough. All add in some veggies to fill it out. Oh, still not enough. Maybe some tofu.

And then you have enough for 3 meals before you know it.

That sounds like a win in my book.

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[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I usually do a whole 500g bag. Can't go that wrong, there will be enough.

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

One bag per person, why are people failing at this?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Right. Clearly they package it by serving for our convenience

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

One handful per person, plus one

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't think one extra spaghet makes much of a difference.

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[-] Badabinski@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for blessing me with this video. It's perfect! It's short, specific, and well produced.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Pasta roughly doubles in size so just imagine twice as much as you cook.

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And draw the rest of the fucking owl.

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

When I was young I’d cook the whole 16 oz package and make way too much…

I’ve since learned that because the pasta absorbs a lot of water, a few oz of dry pasta actually makes way more than it looks like it will. For me, 5.33 oz of dry pasta (third of the bag) works perfect. You can do less though if you don’t need that much.

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

"Another day"? How much pasta are you folks eating!?

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I always get it right

[-] kubica@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If I could eat always the same amount everything would be easier.

[-] Nanomerce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just do 2 and a half handfuls since I don't buy the long ones

[-] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

80 g per person, can't miss.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I'm actually really surprised this is a thing. I always get the same bags of pasta, so maybe that helps me measure them. It's always half or 2/3rds depending on the meal.

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