| ▲ | bschwindHN 7 hours ago |
| That's cool, I'm having trouble thinking of a similar design for something like fusilli or penne though. I just put my strainer on a scale and pour dry pasta into that to measure. |
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| ▲ | epolanski 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's actually more ingenious for spaghetti, because for fusilli/etc, you can just put scales on the packaging. Say that you divide 500 grams in 6 servings (84ish grams each), you only need to print 4 lines on the package. You can do it either externally if the packaging is transparent, or you can even do it internally if it's not (like a carton Barilla box). All you need to do is to empty it till when vertical it reaches levels at around the next line. |
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| ▲ | madcaptenor 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That wouldn't work because pasta settles, so a given weight doesn't correspond directly to a given volume. | | |
| ▲ | cortesoft 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don’t think you are looking for the level of precision where that would matter. |
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| ▲ | PetitPrince 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Clever ! I was thinking of something like a sugar dispenseur (turn the container to fill a volume, and this volume becomes you serving), but your solution is way more economical and space efficient. | | |
| ▲ | epolanski 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Can't say it's mine, I've seen it on a rice package! I myself thought of a solution similar to yours, or even more complex solutions like revolving doors or having an internal chamber the size of a serving with two lids that can't be both open at the same time.. But to be honest, I don't think any of this is really useful beyond a restaurant where sizes are fixed (and indeed use pasta-specific ladles to have standard portions). Depending on the day of the week or how many and who's at home I'm still better doing the math with a scale than predefined servings. | | |
| ▲ | zimpenfish 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Can't say it's mine, I've seen it on a rice package! Similar thing on UK butter - on a 250g block, there's 50g markings[0] on the wrapper to make simple(ish) weights easy. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/11ogzqj/... (only decent photo I could find on the webs and we don't currently have any butter in the fridge) | | |
| ▲ | t-3 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | US butter is similar, each stick is marked with tablespoons, cups, and fractional pounds. | |
| ▲ | IncreasePosts 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Why not just label each tablespoon and then just remember a tablespoon is 14g and do quick division. |
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| ▲ | spockz 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Or just take a deep dish and fill it with dry pasta. At some point you get a feeling for it. |
