• pyre@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    good thing is I can eat pasta 3x as much as I can eat any other food. so to me it’s only 200 servings.

    • wieson@feddit.org
      1·
      2 days ago

      I learned that as a child from my mum, so it seemed basic knowledge to me. But I guess, Americans don’t use scales that much.

      Most recipes say 100g per serving (1/5 pound) but it’s best to know your individual needs.

  • Siegfried@lemmy.world
    9·
    3 days ago

    Spaghetti? Do this 👌. A portion is more or less what fits between the thumb and the index. Anything else is excess.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 days ago

      The last thing I want is to make spaghetti and still be hungry after I eat it. Whole box it is.

        • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 days ago

          left over spaghetti

          !!!

          But yeah, there’s that whole thing with blood sugar and leftover pasta, I dunno, I’m not a scientist and I have a bad memory, but it’s basically healthier on day two.

    • RobotFK@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      6·
      3 days ago

      Side note: Only works with average size hands, I can fit more than a pound of dry spaghetti between thumb and index

    • dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      13·
      4 days ago

      You’re gonna show up in a youtube video.

      A 30 year old presented to the E.R. with a bloated stomach and high fever. He claims to have eaten the same pasta for 30 days. As we know, botulism starts to grow on noodles after three days, which means…

      • exasperation@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        You’re thinking of bacillus cereus, which grows on cooked rice or pasta stored at room temperature.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 days ago

        Ackchully Clostridium botulinum is an obligate anaerobe from soil and should never grow in conditions of old pasta. The oxygen alone would kill it.

    • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eeEnglish
      29·
      4 days ago

      Start weighing EVERYTHING. The consistency your dishes reach is crazy good! A weighing scale isn’t that expensive

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
      7·
      4 days ago

      I mean yea but last time I made spaghetti all the recipes were like xx weight(cooked). WTF am I supposed to do with that?

      • cattywampas@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        You’re supposed to disregard it. Just boil enough pasta for however many servings you want, a serving of dry pasta is 60g. Why are you using a recipe for spaghetti?

  • cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
    17·
    4 days ago

    S friend of mine did that with rice some years ago. Instead of cooking like one cup he filled the pot about halfway. Needless to say, that we got free rice that day.

  • arotrios@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    Fear not the mass of noodles, nor thine anxiety over the mountains of starch thy must consume, my son.

    Tomorrow it will all be pasta tense.

  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
    16·
    4 days ago

    Ah see it wasn’t bread that jesus handed out on the mound it was a small batch of pasta

  • MTK@lemmy.world
    10·
    4 days ago

    Anyone else have a weird thing where pasta does not make them feel full?

    I could probably eat 3 times as much pasta by weight as I could, let’s say, rice. And I would only have to stop because I physically feel that there is no more room in my stomach. It’s like my brain does not register pasta as food and so I don’t mentally feel full or get any less hungry.

    And it’s just with pasta! Not bread, not rice, not pizza, not lasagna, nada. It is very weird and I never heard of anyone with the same issue.

    Ps, because of this, I just cannot make too much pasta, no such thing.

    • oyo@lemm.ee
      2·
      3 days ago

      Yes, I can eat a seemingly infinite amount of pasta. Just pasta.

    • pseudo@jlai.lu
      4·
      4 days ago

      I’ve notice that for a few years now. I believe the quality has been worst and worst. I never buy the cheapest brands, I look for the thickest looking ones. I prefer egg pasta and stay far away for the 3-minutes ones.

    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      31·
      4 days ago

      I’m similar but will all carbs - only proteins make me feel full, unless there’s meat involved I generally don’t consider it a meal. Carbs and veggies do not make me full at all and I never crave them, they’re only there to give me variety and make me feel civilized while I consume meat. I never really crave sugar either.

      P.S. I’m not one of those “meat-only diet” whackjobs and I have nothing against vegetarians or vegans or animals but this has just been my experience entirely.

      • MTK@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 days ago

        That’s the weird thing. It’s not about the nutrient type because other types of carbs do make me feel full. It’s just specifically pasta. I don’t know why. I could easily eat a bowl of rice and feel full but I could eat three bowls of pasta and just know that I’m full but not feel it.

  • Lemmist@lemm.ee
    11·
    4 days ago

    That’s ok – you just don’t need to cook for a nearest year or so if your family is of size of 2.