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How to make Spaghetti
« on: July 20, 2017, 10:53:41 AM »
I guess I'll start the first official one, since the other thread was brought in. Just like the title says; How to make spaghetti. :)
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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2017, 12:13:12 PM »
Take one packet of Ramen noodles, set aside msg packet, add enough water to hydrate noodles, microwave until done, pour Ragu onto noodles, stir, eat.

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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2017, 12:43:19 PM »
Take one packet of Ramen noodles, set aside msg packet, add enough water to hydrate noodles, microwave until done, pour Ragu onto noodles, stir, eat.

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Are you some kind of royalty?  Last time I did that the only cooking implement I had was a coffee maker to get hot water for the ramen.

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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2017, 01:23:19 PM »
You actually take the time to boil the noodles.
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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2017, 02:41:34 PM »
Even at my poorest, pasta was the one food I would do right.  I bought a big stainless pot at a garage sale.  Salt is cheap.  Dried pasta tends to go on sale at least once a month, so you buy in bulk and store it.  Sauce?  I used to buy cheap jars and doctor it up with herbs and spices, veggies, and meat when I had money.  A pound of pasta was good for at least 2 good meals, one freshly made, one leftover. 

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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2017, 03:01:41 PM »
I love just Parmesan cheese and butter over my spaghetti.
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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2017, 03:04:13 PM »
I love just Parmesan cheese and butter over my spaghetti.

Add some lightly sauteed crushed garlic and a dash of fresh thyme and I'm right there with you.

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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2017, 03:07:13 PM »
Add some lightly sauteed crushed garlic and a dash of fresh thyme and I'm right there with you.

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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2017, 03:42:33 PM »
If I get to cook past for myself (and I'll get to next weekend), it's like this:

A pound of Barilla pasta.
A jar of sauce
pound of ground beef
half pound of Italian sausage
half pound of button mushrooms, sliced
a medium sweet/Vidalia onion, sliced thin
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
Basil, oregano, and Italian parsley
Bottle of red wine

Brown the meat in a deep fry pan.  Set aside the meat and carmelize the onion.  Add the garlic.  After a few minutes, add mushrooms.  Add the herbs.  Deglaze with a cup or so of the red wine (save the rest for drinking).  Add the jar of sauce and stir.  Add in the browned meat.  Set to simmer with a lid on.  Start heating the pasta water, and let the meat sauce simmer while the water heats and you cook the pasta.  Toss cooked pasta with the sauce.

I started doing this in law school around once a month when I got paid. I would buy double what I listed above and cook it up together, usually on a Sunday afternoon. I would put half of the finished sauce in a container and freeze it, mix up half with the a pound of the fresh cooked pasta.  I'd eat half, and put half in the fridge, which became dinner on Tuesday (or Tuesday and Wednesday, depending on how much I ate along the way).  I'd get four+ meals out of what was generally $20-25 worth of ingredients, which is good eating on a poor student budget.
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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2017, 06:57:37 PM »
Spaghetti
Brown meat approximately 15 minutes and drain.
Cut 1/2 onion put in meat.  Approx 10 minutes they should be clear.
Add 1 large can of Monjunis sauce, 1 can of Diced tomatoes.
S&P, garlic powder, onion powder, Thyme, Italian seasoning/spice it up the way you like. 1 pack of Splenda to take the bite out of the tomatos.

So easy even I can make and save the wife the trouble after a hard day at work. :P

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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2017, 08:21:14 PM »
I love just Parmesan cheese and butter over my spaghetti.

I do that or shredded cheddar with butter most of the time.

Sometimes I'll do feta, greek dressing and kalamata olives. I've also been known to do ceaser dressing and black olives.

I rarely eat spaghetti with pasta sauce.
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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2017, 08:57:36 PM »
My favorite topping on spaghetti right now is a simple olive oil lemon sauce.

Put some mustard (any kind, really) into a bottle and top it with some lemon juice. Shake well to mix.

Then pour in some extra virgin olive oil, shake well, pour in more oil, shake, and continue until you have the consistency that you want.

The mustard is an emulsifier that helps keep the olive oil and lemon juice in combination for quite awhile.

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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2017, 10:10:24 PM »
The thing with spaghetti in our house is that it isn't always served with marinara and sausage/meatballs/message.  Olive oil and spices.  A sauce made of chicken broth and cream.  Butter and spices with mushrooms.  Yeah, we'll eat pasta about any way you serve it.
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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2017, 10:52:00 PM »
Brown butter spaghetti with mizithra cheese...yummy!
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Re: How to make Spaghetti
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2017, 11:33:27 PM »
I thought this might be about actually making pasta, not just preparing it.
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