On Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:12:58 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 15:01 8 Nov 2018, Cindy Hamilton > wrote
>in :
>
>> On Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:59:56 AM UTC-5,
>> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:58:12 GMT, Pamela >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On 16:23 4 Nov 2018, Sqwertz > wrote in
>>> :
>>> >
>>> >> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:38:15 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Only way I could see buying that was if I wanted it for a lunch
>>> >>> at work where it is not easy to cook pasta. Usually I'd just
>>> >>> bring it from home as leftovers.
>>> >>
>>> >> I always cook up extra pasta so I can make other noodle dishes or
>>> >> sides quickly within the next 10 days or so. Carbonara, pesto, or
>>> >> simple garlic buttered parsley noodles are a few of my standbys.
>>> >> Right now I have extra cooked farfalle in the fridge (as well
>>> >> pasta salad from the farfalle)
>>> >>
>>> >> -sw
>>> >
>>> >I think re-heating pasta from the fridge is a desperate measure. The
>>> >al dente bite is lost. Unless it's coated in an oily sauce, it
>>> >clumps together.
>>> >
>>> >Why bother when it only take minutes to make freshly cooked pasta?
>>>
>>> I assume you just throw the left over away? Something that really
>>> shocked me when we first came to NA in 1967 was the food wastage.
>>> Growing up during WWII and heavy rationing taught me to never waste
>>> anything - left over bread makes bread pudding etc.
>>
>> I only make enough pasta for a single meal.
>>
>> Food in North America is cheap and plentiful. There's no real
>> downside to wasting it. A nickel's worth of spaghetti isn't going to
>> matter. Nobody is going to send that spaghetti to a starving person,
>> and a nickel isn't going to keep anybody from contributing to charity,
>> if they are so inclined.
>>
>> That said, I'm always a little ****ed when I waste food. Like most
>> engineers, I prize efficiency. My freezer has several partial loaves
>> of bread that will end up being toasted. (I buy bread on Thursdays,
>> and whatever hasn't been eaten by Sunday goes in the freezer. I'm
>> taking this week off, though, since we're accumulating half-loaves
>> that need to be eaten.)
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>Out of interest, what sort of engineering do you do?

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