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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Gork@lemm.ee to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Also hot dog water

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[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 83 points 1 year ago (7 children)

zero waste

disposable coffee filter

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 58 points 1 year ago

It doesn't make any waste if you never dispose of the filter.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a metal filter would make the pasta water coffee taste bad

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[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bishbosh@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bishbosh@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I piss on my flowers every day, it's basically the same thing.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Your flowers must smell lovely

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it may be disposable, but it is also eatable.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago

So are the coffee grounds

[–] proti@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

who knows how many times she used it already/plans to use

[–] camr_on@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I compost the filters

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

She eats pasta for breakfast?

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 year ago

Meal prep maybe. But if I had the time and energy to cook it in the morning, I'd eat spaghetti all the time for breakfast

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 year ago

breakfast isn't magical, just eat whatever makes you happy.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next time use coffee water to cook pasta

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bathwater > pasta water > coffee water

Otherwise it's unhygenic

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That may be, but a coffee shower sounds reasonable to me at this point.

I'm already a full convert. Coffee shower, coffee scrub, coffee face mask, rinse, repeat. Repeat 6x daily for maximum benefit.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You want to save water when boiling pasta? Stop using a big pot.

Pour the pasta into a skilled, add enough water to completely cover it and turn on the heat. Add a pinch of salt (not too much, as you will be eating all of it) and allow the pasta to cook. It will slowly absorb the water it needs and will normally leave little to none behind. If some water is left behind, use it to thicken sauces; the gluten in the water helps.

This works with every pasta, even spaghetti.

[–] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

This is great advice and took me far to long to learn; I also tend to spare a little pasta water to pour over the pasta at the end, and remember to stir a ton!

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it be better to boil, make the coffee, and use the rest of the water for pasta?

[–] astrsk@fedia.io 76 points 1 year ago
[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, because the water you use for coffee is converted entirely to coffee+wet grounds. Can't save there. But the pasta water isn't entirely absorbed by the pasta and the sauce.

Note that you can cook noodles in gay less water than used by traditional methods and then use the excess to make your sauce.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

gay less water

So... does that imply most water is gay?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean... its wet isn't it.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 20 points 1 year ago
[–] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Please don’t feed the pedants.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This implies pasta was made for breakfast.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably going to have it with strawberries.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Capellini with strawberry and mint sauce?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's the most disconcerting part. I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently breakfast pasta recipes exist. I'm totally unsure if they are any good, and am certain that the "Breakfast Carbonara" recipe will create the equivalent of riots on the fediverse.

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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just use pasta/rice water to water your plants. They will enjoy the extra nutrients.

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

I was wondering about this because that seems like a good idea upfront, but apparently:

  • The extra minerals and stuff is a very minor benefit for plants and will not substitute for fertilizer.
  • If you put salt or seasoning in the boiling water, don't use it for plants.
  • The starch might also promote mold / bacteria growth.
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Pasta water is in fact an excellent thing to save... As a cooking ingredient.

Specifically, what you can do is freeze it in an ice cube tray, and then store the cubes in a Ziploc. A handful of cubes added to a soup, stew, stock or sauce will give it a smoother, more silky texture thanks to all the starch.

Satan, please...

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So this is how you do an Italian pour over. Interesting...

[–] NutsGate@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Imagine using it for that Dalgona coffee everyone was making during lockdown. The creaminess from all that starchy water would be next level

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can use the pasta water to make a hell of a tasty alfredo sauce (or use to thicken up most Italian sauces really). That's the only use I've found for it so far.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] BennyInc@feddit.org 11 points 1 year ago

Well, somebody had to try. If it worked, it could have become the next big trend at Starbucks®️ or some artisanal coffee shops.

this reminds me of that one tlc episode where a woman scraped leftover spaghetti sauce from plates to reuse it and made lasagna in a dishwasher or some shit

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has she peed that day? Is that what she cooked the pasta in?

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ZERO waste, leave no trace.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Am I tripping balls?

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

More like coffee drule, amiright?

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