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Old 13-04-2012, 12:07 AM #1
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How do I know how much to boil just for me? I always seem to make too much
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Ahh just throw it in. Better to have too much than too little.
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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
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Doesn't it double in size when you boil it? So half the amount you want to eat.
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If its a 500g pack, then roughly one fifth of the pack
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I think I'll probably have to snap it in half too so will have to take that into account
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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
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Join your thumb and index finger, the spaghetti that can fit in that whole is just a little more than enough.
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Cos it sticks out the pan maybe my pan is small or I'm doing it wrong
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Cos it sticks out the pan 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.
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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.
I'll try that then lol it better work
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It will do. My Mum lived in Italy for ages, so she taught me how to cook pasta well.
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Just do way too much, then you get more after
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No that is another feat in itself lol I got dolmio or whatever. I suppose I could give it a go though
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Wouldn't that mean half of it is more cooked
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