Spaghetti Portion Size

[MichaelW2]

According to the Men from the Ministry, one standard portion of spaghetti can be measured using your finger and thumb making a hole the size of a £1 coin.
What common-all-garden or household object is equivalent to your spaghetti portion.
Mine seems to be between a cotton reel and a large snail

 

[fossyant]

I still can't get 'rice' correct - either too much, or too little.

 

[numbnuts]

Pasta and rice both off the menu for me

 

[perplexed]

Scales.

 

[ianrauk]

Get a spaghetti measuring fork.

 

[I like Skol]

Scales.

This^^^^^

Except I can never remember how much we cooked last time, and if it was too much or not enough........

 

[Biff600]

One portion...................

 

[Levo-Lon]

Spaghetti..I get about a inch thick bundle and simply snap it into 3.
Put in pan ,it's about right for 2 servings.





I throw the rest away...

 

[glasgowcyclist]

For pasta I always use scales; 2oz if the pasta is being added to meat or veg, 3oz if it's not (maybe just adding a little lemon juice, olive oil and parmesan).

 

[irw]

It’s been a while since we had spagetti, but Mrs IRW used to have a thing with holes in to measure it- always seemed like a meagre amount to me, so I always said to double it...!

 

[ColinJ]

For pasta I always use scales; 2oz if the pasta is being added to meat or veg, 3oz if it's not (maybe just adding a little lemon juice, olive oil and parmesan).

I use scales too, but when I have pasta (shells) with my veggie curries I usually have 150 g (5.3 oz)! Same for rice or cous cous. If I am not that hungry I would cut it down to 125 g (4.4 oz).

 

[Bazzer]

Both pasta and rice the same: 4oz. Mrs B reduces it a little if it's with Quorn.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I use scales too, but when I have pasta (shells) with my veggie curries I usually have 150 g (5.3 oz)! Same for rice or cous cous. If I am not that hungry I would cut it down to 125 g (4.4 oz).

Crikey!

 

[ColinJ]

Crikey!

I am fairly tall - 1.86 m (6' 1").

I did one of those nutritional needs questionnaires the other day and it reckoned that I need about 2,950 cals/day to maintain my weight. I am currently at about 84 kg (13 st 3 lbs) so those big portions aren't making me huge.

 

[postman]

Rice 65gms,more than enough.Spag well as much as i can get.