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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 25 points 1 day ago (7 children)

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

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day 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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[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day 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 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours 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!

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 19 hours ago
[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Desperation breeds innovation I guess.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Srsly? You have changed my life!!!

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 day ago

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

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[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

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[–] SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 12 points 1 day 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 day ago (1 children)

What's that? Dump the whole box in?

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

“No, wai-“

fwish

“Too late!”

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day 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 day ago

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

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[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] weird@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 17 hours ago

What's Linux?

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Pot is an effective limitator.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day 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 21 hours ago

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

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours 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.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours 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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[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours 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

[–] rakzcs@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

hold on i'm doing weed maths

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

dammit math is hard when you're high

[–] Mechanize@feddit.it 4 points 1 day 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

[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours 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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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] Una@europe.pub 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I once made spaghetti without water

[–] Nusm@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

I never make less than a whole box

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