[Food] How many grammes of dried pasta do you cook per person?

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Gram is predominantly used in American (US) English ( en-US ) while gramme is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) ( en-GB ). In the United States, there is a preference for "gram" over "gramme" (100 to 0). In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "gram" over "gramme" (99 to 1).

Oh, @Bozza , Bozza. You are the one.

 

[WATFORD zero]

You might want to stay away until Saturday afternoon - I have a lot of “summer threads” to get through.

My posts could be off-season defining.

Everybody has an off season breaking point

 

[Triggaaar]

Depends who I'm cooking for. I might eat over 75g, but kids won't. Usually a bit under 75 on average I'd say.

 

[Skuller]

Use bloody ounces for Christ’ sake.

 

[CheeseRolls]

125g 500g packet serves 4. Have always had a big appetite for pasta especially spaghetti.

 

[Snowflake]

I don’t comment much, but it may surprise most, this is an often discussed and debated descion between me and nrs snowflake.
I normally measure out 75g and think. There is no f#@king way that’s going to touch my hunger. However after eating the garlic bread. There’s often an extra portion that isn‘t eaten, that sits in the fridge for a week…

 

[AmexRuislip]

I don’t comment much,.

Is that because it's way pasta your bedtime

 

[Oh_aye]

I need to race through my list of Summer threads as the season is nearly here.

So, how many grammes of dried pasta do you cook per person?

Who weighs it?

You just bang a load in and sort it out once it's done.

 

[ManOfSussex]

People actually weigh pasta before chucking it in a boiling saucepan? I just bung some in a sieve and if it looks about right, then in it goes.

 

[Bakero]

I cook about 250g for two (no weighing, just half a 500g bag), which gives us a decent meal and plenty of leftovers. Why wouldn't you want some leftover pasta?

 

[Crawley Dingo]

Tip out how much I think I need, then remove a third.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

250g for 4 - or approx half the packet - lash the rest in the next time.

 

[Since1982]

90 to 100 grams each depending on how hungry I am. We have a spaghetti measuring thing we bought back from Sorrento which I think delivers 75g max each. Next month we are in northern Italy for two weeks touring around and I intend to eat my body weight in pasta.

 

[Snowflake]

Is that because it's way pasta your bedtime

normally because I can’t decide how much pasta to cook!

 

[Justice]

The ruin of Italian girls makes them fat.

 

[BrightonCottager]

Here in the Cottager family we use one mug per person - much less faff than weighing. This is why I never cook spaghetti.

 

[Gabbafella]

 

[GallodiMare]

As I am an Italian dude, 500g x 3 or 4 people. As a single meal, I mean, without a second course. With all the appropriate seasonings for the occasion: meat sauce, eggs and bacon (carbonara), spaghetti with clams and bottarga (mullet roe), spaghetti with seafood, pasta with four cheeses, prawns and courgettes, and with all the toppings you can think of. But please don't mix pasta with fruit. Everything else is always fine, as long as you cook the pasta al dente (it doesn't have to be a glue). However, I give you a piece of advice, avoid pasta after the age of 60. It contains carbohydrates that turn into starches and then into sugars. Sugars are good, everyone likes them, but they are bad for a healthy life

 

[trueblue]

My wife’s obsessed with keeping track of her calorie intake so 75g on the nose. If I’m doing it, quite a bit more!

Please let season start soon (though this was better than talking about Fabrizio bloody Romano).

 

[Guinness Boy]

Who weighs it?

You just bang a load in and sort it out once it's done.

This. No weighing here. Plus I use fresh when I can.