When boiling Spaghetti...
 

How do I know how much to boil just for me? I always seem to make too much :conf:

-always does this too-

Ahh just throw it in. Better to have too much than too little.

Normally do as much as what the sauce I'm doing it with says. About 200g

although that serves like 3 people but i eat it all anyway

Put in less than you normally do

Doesn't it double in size when you boil it? So half the amount you want to eat.

If its a 500g pack, then roughly one fifth of the pack

a large handful.

I think I'll probably have to snap it in half too so will have to take that into account

Why would you snap it :nono:

Join your thumb and index finger, the spaghetti that can fit in that whole is just a little more than enough.

Cos it sticks out the pan D: maybe my pan is small or I'm doing it wrong

Its meant to do that! The longer it stays in there, the less rigid it gets. It sinks down the pan that way. There's no need to snap it.

:laugh:

I'll try that then lol it better work :nono:

:amazed:

It will do. My Mum lived in Italy for ages, so she taught me how to cook pasta well. :tongue:

Just do way too much, then you get more after :amazed:

Have you made your own sauce?

I snap my spaghetti too!!

No D: that is another feat in itself lol I got dolmio or whatever. I suppose I could give it a go though

See^^ I'm not the only one

you learn something new everyday

Wouldn't that mean half of it is more cooked :suspect:

This guy seems to do it ok

No. It doesn't take that long before it sinks anyway.

Best way to check if its cooked though, is to take out a strand, cut it in half and if its still white in the middle, its not cooked yet.

Only takes about a minute for it to be soft enough to all fit in the pan :laugh:

alright ainsley harriott

Lol. You splay it out in the pan. I am forever trying to push it down 'cause I am too impatient.

Making sauce though is easy Joe. It just takes a while.

What will I need?

You don't really cook spag bol until you kill the cow and butcher it yourself :idc:

1. A cow

I remember in food tech this girl set her spaghetti on fire cause it was sticking out of the pan. Dunno how she managed it but she did.

I just use an onion and garlic. Tinned tomatoes. Passata. Tomato paste. Basil. Salt & pepper.

Doesn't sound too bad, think we've got most of that. I'm really in the mood for it now at like 01:54am but dunno what I'll be like tomorrow evening haha maybe work my way up, get the spaghetti nailed tomorrow, and need to use that sauce anyway

Having Spaghetti bolognese today actually

you're not making it now, are you :suspect:

No :joker: Just something different for tomorrow rather than a takeaway I usually get on fridays. But really fancy it right now

Best thing to do is make a sh.it load and then freeze what you have left over for when you are next in the mood.

yeah, cos once you open sauce you need to use it quite fast I think, so best to put a lot to use.

should do it now really. right now