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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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.

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[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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.

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

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

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's also an emergency hairbrush. Slam it in a drawer with the head sticking out and boom, overnight jewelry holder. Or hold it up in front of your face and you can watch people without them knowing. It's the all-accessory!

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Srsly? You have changed my life!!!

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Desperation breeds innovation I guess.

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[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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!

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Don't blame us! You're the one talking dirty!

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[–] SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (9 children)

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

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's that? Dump the whole box in?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

“No, wai-“

fwish

“Too late!”

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

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[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

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[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] weird@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month 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.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

I feel like a fatass because I never need to measure spaghetti. One box is two servings.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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 month 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 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] rakzcs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Mechanize@feddit.it 4 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

I once made spaghetti without water

[–] Nusm@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Una@europe.pub 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Nusm@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Ok, i guess now i know!

[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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!

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[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month 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.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

I have the amounts and cooking time written under the lid of each food item so that I don't need to ever think how much I need.

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