zero waste
disposable coffee filter
103It doesn't make any waste if you never dispose of the filter.
78a metal filter would make the pasta water coffee taste bad
28(i understand the joke but i have found metal filters work fine)
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it may be disposable, but it is also eatable.
15So are the coffee grounds
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who knows how many times she used it already/plans to use
10I compost the filters
8It's hard to tell, but it looks similar to my reusable hemp cloth filter. There's a chance it's reusable.
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She eats pasta for breakfast?
95Meal 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
30breakfast isn't magical, just eat whatever makes you happy.
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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.
54This 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!
5For first timers, start w penne. Also, caveat: if using a gf replacement like banza, the noodles both seem to absorb less water, and expel more starch into the water. so the mod is to put about an inch of water extra than what you would normally use for flour pasta.
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Wouldn't it be better to boil, make the coffee, and use the rest of the water for pasta?
36no ❤️
87No, 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.
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This implies pasta was made for breakfast.
29That's the most disconcerting part. I'm glad I wasn't the only one.
4Probably going to have it with strawberries.
4Capellini with strawberry and mint sauce?
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Sounds pretty wasteful
2Apparently 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.
2delicious.
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Just use pasta/rice water to water your plants. They will enjoy the extra nutrients.
Edit: maybe not, I'm not a scientist.
22I 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.
27Pasta 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.
14Satan, please...
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So this is how you do an Italian pour over. Interesting...
19Imagine using it for that Dalgona coffee everyone was making during lockdown. The creaminess from all that starchy water would be next level
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Has she peed that day? Is that what she cooked the pasta in?
16ZERO waste, leave no trace.
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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.
15Boil eggs?
8Ooh that's another good one.
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Pasta water can be used similarly to garbanzo bean water as a substitute for eggs in certain cases.
For instance, you can use pasta water, garbanzo bean water, or lentil water as a substitute for eggs in a "egg wash" to bind a "breading" so that one can fry or bake food and have it breaded.
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Well, somebody had to try. If it worked, it could have become the next big trend at Starbucks®️ or some artisanal coffee shops.
13this 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
11Yeah if you make a pasta bake with dry pasta, just add equal weights pasta and water and it should cook OK.
6Am I tripping balls?
6More like coffee drule, amiright?
5Also, you used a paper filter, you dumb ass
4What's wrong with a paper filter for a pour over?
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