> reduces food waste and ensures consistency in portion control.
and that's strike two because I'm pretty sure large food producers don't want to discourage people using up the product more quickly.
150g nowadays if y only have one course and are hungry
200g is indeed a lot
For other pasta types, you can measure a single or double serving by pouring into a bowl as if it's cereal.
Coffee and wine glass https://www.toxel.com/tech/2019/10/10/coffee-and-wine-glass/
Sofa made of pillows https://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2024/11/12/sofa-made-of-pi...
For family meals or when you want leftovers convert your common recipes to being weight based. On some common seasonings (Costco sized) I write the conversion for that seasoning for 1 tablespoon in grams. So much easier to combine dry ingredients without needing a litany of measuring utensils.
Right up there with “shampoo, rinse, repeat.”
bschwindHN•3w ago
I just put my strainer on a scale and pour dry pasta into that to measure.
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epolanski•3w ago
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.
PetitPrince•3w ago
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.
epolanski•3w ago
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.
zimpenfish•3w ago
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)
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