pasta - Gizmodo

posts about #pasta more →
Lifehacker's Top 10 Instructional Cooking Videos
Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
Auto-Turning Pasta Fork for the Stupid and Lazy
Japan Watch: Perfect Three-Minute Pasta Gadget

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

WB
08/29/09

In reply to Lifehacker's Top 10 Instructional Cooking Videos
That's not scrambled eggs, that's an egg sauce.
Reply

Chimaera promoted this comment WB was starred WB was unstarred

Chimaera
08/30/09

@WB: Yeah, that was a topic in the original LH post. These are apparently a French style scramble.

Personally, I stick with a variation on the Alton Brown method.

Gawker's stripping the time link. Scrambling action @ 1m11s.
[www.youtube.com]
Reply

Edited by Chimaera at 08/30/09 11:03 AM Chimaera was starred Chimaera was unstarred

GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
08/29/09

In reply to Lifehacker's Top 10 Instructional Cooking Videos
No Alton video on how he does a mango? The mango part starts at around 2:00, including why you should wash them!
Reply

atlasfugged
08/29/09

@GitEmSteveDave_IndustrialStren...: Take it from a regular mango consumer: This is the best and, in my opinion, only way a mango should be cut. (People, do not pay attention to the method shown above). Also, Alton didn't mention it explicitly but, like all fruit, smell to determine ripeness. Ripe mangoes give off a strong fragrance when ripe. Mangoes are delicious, versatile and super-healthy. If you can get a few good ones at the supermarket or asian food store or wherever, and they are not too expensive, do yourself a favor and buy a few.
Reply

GitEmSteveDave_IndustrialStrengthLasagna promoted this comment atlasfugged was starred atlasfugged was unstarred

balls187
07/07/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
I guess this is cool.

I dunno, I can cook pasta without a gadget.

Thats just me.
Reply

balls187 was starred balls187 was unstarred

OMG! Ponies!
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
Pasta is for suckers.

At least with bacon, you never have to guess at serving size. One pound of bacon equals one serving.
Reply

OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred

snoop_dizzle
07/06/09

@OMG! Ponies!: What about bacon spaghetti?
Reply

snoop_dizzle was starred snoop_dizzle was unstarred

OMG! Ponies!
07/06/09

@snoop_dizzle: That's called Spaghetti Carbonara and is made with pancetta.
Reply

OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred

Jake712
07/06/09

@OMG! Ponies!: But spaghetti carbonara isn't bacon spaghetti.

Bacon spaghetti is when the noodles are made from bacon. The sauce contains tomatoes and bacon but without the tomatoes.

So it's bacon, with bacon on it. The garlic bread also has bacon on it and there's no bread or garlic involved.

For dessert you have a myocardial infarction.
Reply

Jake712 was starred Jake712 was unstarred

OMG! Ponies!
07/06/09

@Jake712: Look, I'm already planning on making a Bacon Cheese Potato Burrito that has the advantage of being both edible and palatable (as opposed to the travesty offered by Taco Bell).

I don't have the time to try to concoct bacon pasta.
Reply

OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred

Pope John Peeps II
07/06/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Pancetta is bacon. It's just cured in salt and not smoked.

BAM! BACON PWNAGE! uh... SUCKA. yeah that's it...
Reply

Pope John Peeps II was starred

OMG! Ponies!
07/06/09

@Pope John Peeps II: I know what pancetta is. Hence my response that Spaghetti Carbonara is bacon spaghetti.

Word of warning. Never confuse "pancetta" and "Concetta". "Pancetta" is salt-cured bacon; Concetta was the Italian-American princess from Connecticut who lived down the hall from me freshman year at NYU. I called her Pancetta once and you wouldn't believe the profanities that spewed forth from her mouth.

She said she was from New Haven but had a vocabulary that screamed Paterson, NJ.
Reply

OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred

R_Claw
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
Um, not to be 5 and all, but isn't everyone just going to use that to see how many servings their dong is.

If I had a dong, that's what I'd do. And then I'd say, my dong is 5 servings of pasta, eat it up beyotch! Because, I'm a lady and mature. :-)
Reply

R_Claw was starred R_Claw was unstarred

OMG! Ponies!
07/06/09

@R_Claw: No. That is not what we do.

I have one of those fancy Crate & Barrel pasta containers which I like to hump and I also like to use my silicone basting brush to spread EVOO onto my cock. Once, I was feeling frisky and took a dump into the Kitchenaid stand mixer and turned it on using the paddle attachment. Another time, I got drunk and fucked the toaster (luckily, it wasn't plugged in). I've also nuked my urine and put three tablespoons of semen onto a ball of pizza dough that was still rising.

But using a pasta measurer to measure the girth of my cock - that's just immature.
Reply

OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred

Kaiser-Machead
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
If you have kids, chances are this thing will disappear as the expanding/contracting iris will be an enticing toy, especially if you teach them about Stargates and the ventilation hatches in Alien, like I was when I was a wee tyke.
Reply

Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred

snoop_dizzle
07/06/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Lol probably. Speaking of enticing toys, my mom has a salad bowl that spins around by pushing a big button. Sometimes its just fun to spin it as fast as possible o_O.
Reply

snoop_dizzle was starred snoop_dizzle was unstarred

92BuickLeSabre
07/06/09

@snoop_dizzle: I have one of those. It's the only reason I ever make salad.
Reply

92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred

relawson
07/06/09

@92BuickLeSabre:

try using it to dry your fresh cut fries before you drop them in the oil!
Reply

relawson was starred relawson was unstarred

92BuickLeSabre
07/06/09

@relawson: Yes! No more salad for me!
Reply

92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred

nutbastard
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
i figure, worst case scenario, you end up wasting 15 cents worth of extra spaghetti.
Reply

nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred

Geisrud
07/06/09

@nutbastard: I thought everyone just cooks the whole box. I may throw away a couple pennies worth, but it's worth the time savings when I accidentally knock the box out of the cupboard and pasta spills everywhere.
Reply

Geisrud was starred Geisrud was unstarred

frigg
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
This is either the most brilliant thing I have ever seen, or the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Can't decide.
Reply

frigg was starred frigg was unstarred

GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
So wait. One box doesn't feed one person? Next you'll tell me throwing the pot against the wall is a bad way to see if it's done.
Reply

Hello Mister Walrus
07/06/09

@CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: I thought that to check if the spaghetti is done, you put a gerbil into the pot. If the gerbil dies, than the spaghetti is hot enough and is done. If the gerbil escapes, than it was a witch and used magic to survive. What were we talking about again?
Reply

92BuickLeSabre
07/06/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: What do you do after it escapes?

I can't imagine that having a witch gerbil mad at you is a good thing.

(I also can't imagine how you get a witch gerbil to agree to get in the pot in the first place, but I'm willing to accept that somehow you are able to accomplish this particular feat.)
Reply

92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred

spannu
07/06/09

@CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: That's way too much work. I just stuff the box into my mouth, drink some boiling water, and swish it around a bit.
Reply

spannu was starred spannu was unstarred

Geisrud
07/06/09

@spannu: I use a similar method when eating cereal for breakfast
Reply

Geisrud was starred Geisrud was unstarred

92BuickLeSabre
07/06/09

@spannu: That's disgusting; you eat pasta with no sauce?
Reply

92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred

GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
07/06/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: I tried that, but the witch gerbil turned me into a newt.
Reply

Pope John Peeps II
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
Seriously though? Be honest. Isn't it pretty embarrassing to need a spaghetti measurer? I mean... how wrong are you ever with spaghetti?
Reply

Pope John Peeps II was starred

lostarchitect
07/06/09

@Pope John Peeps II: hey, hey, some of us habitually over estimate.
Reply

lostarchitect was starred lostarchitect was unstarred

Hello Mister Walrus
07/06/09

@Pope John Peeps II: I normally cook the whole pack of spaghetti and gradually eat the leftovers.
Reply

92BuickLeSabre
07/06/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Yeah, somehow I always get it wrong. Too much, too little. Trying to measure out "half a box" with my hand as I pour it out and ending up with dried pasta all over my stove.

When it comes to cooking (which I do pretty regularly) the box of pasta is my nemesis.
Reply

92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred

Purple Dave
07/06/09

@Pope John Peeps II:
Absolutely never. I prefer the more interesting pasta shapes, like gemelli (very hard to overcook). Currently, my pasta of choice is radiatore.
Reply

Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred

Pope John Peeps II
07/06/09

@lostarchitect: Well, the real answer is you just measure with your finger and thumb, and remember how much you cook.

Or if you have like... a POUND of leftover spaghetti, just brush it with olive oil and pop it in the oven on a cookie sheet and it crisps up into pasta crackers.

@NurseDave: This, of course, is the funny answer. POW. Twenty cents? In this recession that's like... 22 Bush-era cents.
Reply

Pope John Peeps II was starred

Pope John Peeps II
07/06/09

@Purple Dave: But gemelli's easy to undercook.

I like orechiette. The little ears. Those and the tiny little pasta balls, or orzo I think it's called? the little ricey ones? Just make a big pot, drain, throw in ricotta cheese, a tiny bit of milk and parmesan and you've got food for a billion billion years.
Reply

Pope John Peeps II was starred

Purple Dave
07/07/09

@Pope John Peeps II:
It is, but at the time I started using gemelli, I didn't have a clear view of the kitchen, and I had a tendancy to let pasta boil a bit longer than I should have. I got thoroughly sick of mushy pasta, so I switched to gemelli, and soon figured out that the best way to tell if it was properly cooked was to spoon one piece out and give it a try.

As for radiatore, part of the reason I like it is that it's not a super-common pasta shape, it's of a size where you can easily eat it with either a spoon or a fork, and it doesn't retain water. I don't like shells and macaroni because, if an individual piece is facing the wrong way, it can actually stay full of water like a little cup. Radiatore has no cuplike aspect to its shape, so all the water completely drains off of it. Your orecchiette looks like you'd have to manually flip them to get the water to drain off.
Reply

Purple Dave was starred Purple Dave was unstarred

tande04
07/06/09

In reply to Spaghetti Measure Ensures That You Make the Right Amount Every Time
I find some of the things you guys profile here just odd.

Where have you lived that you've never seen a pasta measure before?

Neat little aperture thing aside they've got them built into spoons too. Its multitasking. One device for all your needs.
Reply

tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred

lostarchitect
07/06/09

@tande04: i've never seen one. i might buy this, actually.
Reply

lostarchitect was starred lostarchitect was unstarred

tande04
07/06/09

@lostarchitect: How? You've never walked down the kitchen isle at Target?

Like I said, the spoons have them built in. The boxes of pasta have it on the side. If this is the first device you've seen in your life that measures pasta you're pretty much oblivious to the world around you.
Reply

tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred

92BuickLeSabre
07/06/09

@tande04: Boxes of pasta have it on the side? How does that work?
Reply

92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion