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.

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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.

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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.