I should really start weighing my pasta

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captainjaneway@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Just count the noodles.

BleatingZombie@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Or lay them all out long ways and measure

eman_resu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Or lay them all out short ways and measure

turtlesareneat@discuss.online · 4 pts · 1y

Or lay them all out diagonally and use the Pythagorean theorum

victorz@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Just look at how much you have when it's uncooked and then remember what that much looks like after it's been cooked? Should start to get an idea after a few hundred pots of pasta. 🙃👌

nichtburningturtle@feddit.org · 36 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Noted. Start with a few hundred pots of pasta. Adjust from there.

victorz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Should work in theory 👌

CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Instructions unclear. Smoked the pot, now I'm even more hungry.

victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

[munchies intensify]

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Or you just say you cooked for many days.

entwine413@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Exactly. I just cook the entire box, make enough sauce, then portion it out from there. No need to fuck with figuring out how much dry pasta is reasonable.

lena@gregtech.eu · 7 pts · 1y (9 replies)

My brothers and I use 500g... for 3 people. Yes we do eat a lot. And that's without the pesto, cheese etc

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Yeah that's 2-3× servings per serving

entwine413@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

That could be a reasonable amount based on the person. I'm a large framed dude, and when I was seriously trying to bulk through 7 days a week of HIIT, I had to eat like 5,000 Calories a day. My resting heart rate did get to the low 40s for a while, so that was cool (doctor said it was a good thing).

Btw, eating 5,000 Calories of healthy food a day fucking sucks. It's basically like eating is your full time job.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I agree that 2.5× the serving makes sense if your goal is to eat 2.5× the calories.

Obi@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y

My mind is blown.

lena@gregtech.eu · 2 pts · 1y

I'm quite thin, so nope I guess I do have a black hole in my stomach.

Once I get HRT I'll eat these kinds of portions more regularly to increase its effects.

AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y

I can eat 500g by myself in a sitting... or at least in my prime when i wheighed 100kg but still people looked horrified when they saw how much i ate.

chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Wow! I use 200g for 2 people and I thought I was using a lot!

errer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

In college I used to be able to down a full pound of pasta easily. Nowadays I get full after 20 noodles…

TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

I usualy make around 200g... just for myself. It's not thaat crazy. I now a lot of people who do so. I'm a relatively thin dude. But to be fair I do a lot of sports (although I have been injured for the past 3 month and haven't stopped eating that much) I think it just realy depends on how effectively your body handles the food and therefore atrongly varies from person to person.

not_that_guy05@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You make pasta when you want.

I make pasta out of soups...

We are not the same, and I'm not allowed to cook soups anymore.

Skua@kbin.earth · 8 pts · 1y

Your dream of pasta and soup is real and it is beautiful, it's just called pho

PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Still must be consumed while fresh.

Robert7301201@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y

I fail to see this as a problem. More pasta is always welcome.

SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (9 replies)

How much dry pasta per person by weight?

YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Approximately .69 grams per kilogram should do it.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

That's ... actually pretty accurate

stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y (4 replies)
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Yes, overserving pasta is pretty common

stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Look at this guy, he can't handle a whole courgette

stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
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PostingInPublic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

A quarter or a third of a 500g pack depending on how hungry you are, 125g or 166g. In an Italian menu no more than 100g as a "primo", where the pasta dish is one of two main dishes and you are supposed to eat bread as a filler.

tburkhol@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I do 150g with a light sauce, like aglio e olio or chili oil. Maybe 75g if it's going with a bunch of veg and meat.

AA5B@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

You guys are the pros!

I just jumped in intended to commiserate but y'all are next level. I was going to say I’m used to making two boxes for my teens and keep doing so by mistake even when it’s just me. I have no idea what weight that may be

ArtVandelay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

"it's Dean Martin's recipe, I always make too much"