/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13972417
>jar of tomato sauce
Are americans really such incompetent cooks that they can't make a simple sauce?

>>13972426
i mean we *can* cook a can of crushed san marzanos and add some garlic, oil/butter, and italian seasoning... but why bother?

>>13972426
>Do americans really...?

>>13972417
>the proper amount of pasta to be served with an entire standard jar of tomato sauce?
I've never treated sauce like this-- pasta defines the amount of sauce, not vice versa. I usually plate the pasta and eyeball the sauce, anyhow.

I usually do about 2/3 a standard box of spaghetti per jar

>>13972473
It's the method of cooking. I like to finish the pasta in the still simmering sauce, so I kind of have to estimate. I always overshoot because I am a dumbdumb.

You really don't need very much at all. A jar that size could probably easily coat 2lbs of pasta.

Alright, this thread has been useless. I was looking for a specific ratio.
I've just browned some ground beef, got it up to a simmer along with 24oz of sauce, and 12 oz of water for 45 minutes.
Threw on my pasta (16oz) and skimmed 2 cups of pasta water from it.
Brought it to a boil, and then finished my pasta in it.
Tell me if I am fucking retarded or not.

>>13972417
>"add pasta water and finish in sauce" method
WTF are you talking about?
Are you serving pasta with pasta water?
Like some kind of soup???
Is there a name for what's wrong with your brain?
Or are you just giving a really poor description of a valid technique?

>>13972607

>>13972607
Straight the fuck up, everyone knows that you make your pasta al dente (or a little less) and then add a bit of the pasta water to your sauce (because the starches help it stick and the salt is just tasty), and then cook it for a minute or two in the sauce to finish it.
Are you trolling?

>>13972607
holy shit nigger are you larpiing as a retard or did you actually have crayons for breakfast

>>13972417
Disgusting amount of sugar in these and horribly overpriced for anything halfway decent. And the Alfredo ones always have zero flavor might as well dump a carton of cream on your pasta.

>>13972648
>Disgusting amount of sugar
Shut up, femmebrain. This site is for American men.

>>13972654
I'm sorry you have the palate of a child, you mouth-breathing mongoloid.

>>13972617
You really do seem to have a serious problem expressing yourself, kind oa like reverse dyslexia.
Try putting your thoughts into actual sentences, and don't leave out the part you assume everybody knows.

>>13972585
>I was looking for a specific ratio.
Your numbers sound like you're feeding 6-8 people.
In general, I use about a third of a box (1 lb) of pasta to 1/3 of a jar of sauce to feed two people, assuming 1 side dish, and moderate amount of onions, peppers and mushrooms of my own to add to the sauce.
Even that's a generous helping.

>>13972648
Ah, I only every get them when they're BOGO (buy one get one). Same with premade/ dried pasta. It makes spaghetti even fuggin' cheaper than usual.

>>13972660
lol that's a weird way to say 1/1 ratio ty

>>13972630
>add a bit of the pasta water to your sauce
Sweet baby Jesus on a pogo stick, WHY????
If you're using jar sauce, it's usually pretty watery already. I want to have pasta with sauce, not fucking soup.
>>13972630
>Are you trolling?
Hell, no. I just don't want to eat spaghetti through a straw/with a spoon.

>>13972659
Even your insults are fucking faggy.

>>13972673
>lol that's a weird way to say 1/1 ratio ty
1 box =\= 1 jar, so I wouldn't call it a 1:1 ratio.
Apples and oranges, I guess.

if you are going to use jarred sauce make an oil infusion and use half the can
>half cup of oil
>garlic
>onion
>red peppers
chop garlic and onion
add red pepper
simmer the onion for 1 min
add garlic, simmer for 1-2 mins (until just golden)
add sauce and herbs (basil, oregano, dash of marjoram)

you can play with this by adding fresh tomatoes, tomato paste, and so on

>>13972680
>In general, I use about a third of a box (1 lb) of pasta to 1/3 of a jar of sauce
HOW MANY FUCKING CHROMOSOMES DO YOU HAVE?

>>13972678
Says the "American man" that can't make a simple pasta sauce. I'm sorry your conversational wit is on par with the average Trump supporter, maybe return to /pol/ and enjoy their lower class of association instead.

>>13972696
Cooking is for women. I had to tell you this because your father wasn't man enough to know either. Prissy little faggot.

>>13972695
>HOW MANY FUCKING CHROMOSOMES DO YOU HAVE?
JUST ENOUGH TO FUCK YOUR MOTHER. (she likes my downie cock).

But seriously, you have a problem with my ratio?

>>13972676
Someone's parents were first cousins.
Way to broadcast it to the entire thread, though.

I use 1 can to 1 box of pasta. If you're going for plain pasta with sauce it might be a bit dry though, in which case you want to use about 12 ounces of pasta rather than 16. Save the rest for later.
Canned sauce is pretty watery normally so it will reduce quite a bit when you simmer it with the pasta.
My favorite way is to brown some beef with onions and garlic, then deglaze with the pasta water/sauce and maybe a spoonful of chicken MSG.
It will instantly be hot enough to keep cooking the pasta for a seamless and quick one-pot meal.

>>13972443
1,202 US Marines were killed on Guadalcanal, in addition to several thousand more from the Army and Navy. For what?

>>13972426
Why dirty more dishes?

>>13972720
Still waiting to hear why jar sauce just isn't watery enough for you.

>>13972417
>but I somehow always fuck up my ratio.
Surely you would learn after the 1st or 2nd time. Or are you learning disabled?

1 jar of sauce for every 1/2 box of pasta is the way forward, lads

>>13972748
>he doesn't brown some meat and then boil down his sauce for a while
Once again, way to prove that you can't read. "Grats, my dude. Is it fun being stupid?

>>13972754
I tossed my kitchen scale a bit ago, so I really can't maintain complete consistency.
I've been pretty broke since this whole quarantine thing, so I'm down with just making a big batch and keeping it for a day and a half or so.
I also have a learning disability.

>>13972809
This entire being broke thing is just reminding me of when I was 15 and staying with some punk friends in an industrial park. We would weekly make some red beans and rice, and it was just referred to as "the food".
It got us by.
As of late I've been doing better, using stock to make the rice/when soaking beans, throwing some butter and spices in there- but those were some interesting fucking times.
I do miss "the food", though.

>>13972796
>>he doesn't brown some meat and then boil down his sauce for a while
Actually, I do just that.
Still waiting to hear why you'd want to eat pasta with watery sauce.

>>13972756
tbqh this is kind of right.
I went 1:1 and added 1lb of ground beef and it really wasn't enough. I'm throwing in some more sauce.

>>13972689
>half cup of oil
What the fuck.

>>13972832
Whelp,this is officially a moot point.
You're fucking retarded. Get off the cooking board, learn how evaporation works, or just keep shitposting in your fast food threads.

>>13972861
>stop liking what I don't like

>>13972883
>stop calling me a retard for ignoring basic science
Oh shit dude, you really got me there.

>>13972417
>>13972585
>an entire standard jar
half a pound, I'd say
if it's too little, just make more, your standard box is a pound of pasta

>>13972899
Yup, hit it on the head.
Gonna throw another jar up in this piece with a good bit of cheese.
Half a box to one jar is the finite ratio, and I am pretty satisfied with that.
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