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[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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.

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months 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.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 19 points 8 months ago

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 9 points 8 months ago

"healthy food"

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

Not for your gains!

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 8 months ago

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

[-] shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] StorageAware@lemmings.world 21 points 8 months ago

I'd say about 0.0215 bald eagles.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

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

[-] StorageAware@lemmings.world 12 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Auriel@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

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

[-] jflorez@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Only if you think in terms of American sized portions

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

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 8 months ago

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

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[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 16 points 8 months ago

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 12 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

I juat make all of it and meal prep

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months 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

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

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 8 months 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 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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 8 months 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 10 points 8 months 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.

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

It can be one meal, it's up to you!

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

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

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Right. Clearly they package it by serving for our convenience

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago
[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] Badabinski@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

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

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

One handful per person, plus one

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 9 points 8 months ago

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

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

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

[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

And draw the rest of the fucking owl.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Always use less...people eat too much.

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months 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.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

Last time I made spaghetti I googled how much to use and almost all the answers I found were talking about the weight after it was cooked. Why would anyone be asking that question if they knew how to tell how much it was after it cooked?

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Lol i think i’ve seen those recipes. Probably written by the same people that say a recipe will take “10 mins of prep work”, but really it’s like 45 mins, and they recommend cutting veggies while something is already started cooking for… not that much time really, so you have to RUSH, and it’s just awful.

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

I always get it right

[-] kubica@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Nanomerce@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

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

[-] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

80 g per person, can't miss.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months 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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