For an ISO standard size adult hand (adjust +/-13% to take into account hand size deviation from ISO standard):
For spaghetti sizes 5-6, make the ok sign with your hand, placing the fingernail of your index finger against the base of your thumb for one person, against the middle joint for 2 people, and to the tip for 3 people.
The pressure exerted by the index finger to the thumb joints should be 9.81 kPa +/- 15%.
100g is near enough 4oz. So, just remember 4oz per person and you’re good.
I don’t usually measure the water, but 1l of water is just under 2pints. And 10g of salt is more than I’d use, but I guess that’s about just under 1/2 Oz.
Pro tip:
10g of salt for 100g of pasta boiled in 1000g of water
I usually make 250g for two persons, so I use 2,5l of water and 25g of salt
Americans can figure out the conversion by themselves :’D
Or just do 👌per person. Embodied knowledge, yo
That is an American measure. Imprecise as fuck.
The metric conversion is:
For an ISO standard size adult hand (adjust +/-13% to take into account hand size deviation from ISO standard):
For spaghetti sizes 5-6, make the ok sign with your hand, placing the fingernail of your index finger against the base of your thumb for one person, against the middle joint for 2 people, and to the tip for 3 people.
The pressure exerted by the index finger to the thumb joints should be 9.81 kPa +/- 15%.
Fortunately we can buy metric scales here too. You have to ask for them in the back of the shop and pay cash only, but they exist.
100g is near enough 4oz. So, just remember 4oz per person and you’re good.
I don’t usually measure the water, but 1l of water is just under 2pints. And 10g of salt is more than I’d use, but I guess that’s about just under 1/2 Oz.