San Remo Pasta Measurer

Posted by surprisetalk 1/9/2026

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nlawalker 1/15/2026|

Then watch as marketing gets them to increase the serving size bit by bit over a few years.

Right up there with “shampoo, rinse, repeat.”

1970-01-01 1/15/2026||

Now make a device that reliably and consistently breaks the strand in half to fit in the pot, without sending pasta shrapnel into orbit.

t-3 1/15/2026||

Just don't break it and let it fall in the water naturally when the bottom softens up. It doesn't take long enough for there to be any issues like noodles cooked well on one side and not the other.

1970-01-01 1/15/2026||

That method only works with large pots. Small pots will not allow the full 25 cm strand to fall into the pot until most of the other side is beyond that 'doesn't matter' length of time.

TheTxT 1/16/2026|||

There are many forms of pasta that don’t have this problem.

realo 1/15/2026||

Just break it towards the pot, over the pot... Done.

gjm11 1/15/2026||

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vinay427 1/15/2026||

Some quick Googling says this brand is Australian. This pattern of making Europeans, Australians, and virtually everyone else on the internet “American” when it’s convenient is getting a little old.

delta_p_delta_x 1/15/2026|||

I'm all for jumping on the Americans-can't-use-sane-systems-of-measure bandwagon, but in this case San Remo is an Australian brand.

butlike 1/15/2026|||

Who has the counter space for a scale? Just cook the food, not too much, mostly green. I don't see how a scale will help

ecb_penguin 1/15/2026||

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zzzeek 1/15/2026|

Americans would never understand how to use this and would be annoyed by the complexity. I know I'd just be ripping the cardboard off the top in frustration myself. Who can understand complex geometry when you're already a quarter wine bottle into friday night pasta night.

> reduces food waste and ensures consistency in portion control.

and that's strike two because I'm pretty sure large food producers don't want to discourage people using up the product more quickly.

ecb_penguin 1/15/2026|

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zzzeek 1/15/2026||

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shermantanktop 1/15/2026|||

Assertions about entire countries from an outside perspective is common on the internet. As someone with family in two different countries I’ve become sensitized to it and I see it all the time.

Just like stereotype-based humor about gender or race, it has to be done really well or it is (to me) annoying. Usually it rests on reductive ideas that are driven by media imagery rather than experience.

“Americans are fat! Ha ha”. Or “Spanish people are always late! Ho ho.”

zzzeek 1/15/2026|||

I was being lighthearted but since you're making it serious I actually think the product as implemented is truly a bad idea. It seems to use more packaging material, is indeed complicated to open and people should actually measure pasta using an actual measuring guide that is not disposable. When I clicked the link that's what I was hoping to see, not a cumbersome packaging gimmick.

If that's all American cultural (which was the joke part), then great ! I hope the idea is successful in Australia.

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bound008 1/15/2026||||

@zzzeek Thank you for your service.

ecb_penguin 1/16/2026|||

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