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Pasta Portion Size help please

kekagel
kekagel Posts: 94 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Is there a good rule of thumb when measuring pasta portions without a food scale? Specifically, thin spaghetti?

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  • maremare312
    maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
    Do you have one of those pasta spoons with a hole in it? Hold the dry spaghetti in the hole, that's supposed to be the serving size for one person.

    Something like this.
    http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/06/gadgets-pasta-server-and-measuring-cup-ladle-by-epicurean.html

    But it's good to have a food scale if you can afford it!
  • takumaku
    takumaku Posts: 352 Member
    Use loose change.

    2 oz of dry spaghetti is about the size of an American nickel.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Fill a 1 cup measuring cup of pasta and pick a few out.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Quite literally a rule of "thumb"... Make an "ok" symbol with your hand. With your pointer finger touching the middle joint on your thumb, it's about two servings. With the pointer touching where your thumb meets your hand is about one serving.
  • SpazzyMal
    SpazzyMal Posts: 276 Member
    You can go by measuring cup, after cooked. About 3/4-1 cup is a serving size. Eventually you'll figure out how much that is by measuring it when you make the "OK" symbol with your fingers, but that varies between people so I suggest using the measuring cup until you've got it measured to yourself.
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