# How many times a week do you guys eat spaghetti? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130 "2012-08-10T22:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cement](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@Cement](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cement)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/1 "2012-08-10T22:58:42Z")
I’m up to 4 times a week now. 3 of those times do not have hamburger meat and that makes me sad. How about you guys? Do you guys love spaghetti because I do a quarter of the times. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/2 "2012-08-10T23:32:13Z")
It’d be hard for me to come up with a weekly average, especially since when I get a pack of spaghetti I often go through it pretty quickly, but I don’t buy a pack every week, certainly. I probably eat pasta four or five times a week on average, but mostly those are other varieties, especially because it’s a bit awkward to eat spaghetti out of a mason jar at work. 😃 Elbow macaroni, shells, or ditali are my staples for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/3 "2012-08-10T23:38:26Z")
Maybe once every 6 weeks or so. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/4 "2012-08-10T23:41:45Z")
pasta 4-5 times a week?! and to think that the asian rice diet is sterotyped as monotonous. i recently came up with a SUPER simple way to make butter chicken. milk (cream and yogurt if ya got it) into canned sauce plus a package of “handi” spice you can pick up for 89cents a box at any asian food market makes a pretty close approximation of tikki masala/butter chicken. of course you’ll have to make another trip to costco to get the bulk chicken breast/thighs but the entire thing takes about 20 minutes from start to finish. chili spaghetti is another bachelor chow way of mixing it up. it’s “cincinnati style”. spaghetti with olive oil is even easier than spaghetti and red sauce. take the hamburger meat, the macaroni, and cheddar cheese and you can make “hamburger pie”. of course i make all of this so i don’t end up eating red sauce 4-5x a week. the canned prego/ragu/classico is too sweet for my taste to be eating 5 nights a week. ---
**Author:** ![HenryGale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@HenryGale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HenryGale)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/5 "2012-08-10T23:48:13Z")
We’ll make a big pot four or five times a year and it’ll last us four days or so. So, on average… We eat spaghetti something like .38 times a week. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/6 "2012-08-10T23:50:58Z")
I make a big batch and then eat it for the next 4-5 days, then go another 5-6 days eating something else. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/7 "2012-08-10T23:55:19Z")
Spadhetti? Rarely. Pasta? About once a week. Sauces ranging from simple to complex. The wife is an excellent cook, so even when she doesn’t feel like cooking much, the meal is superb. The things you can do with fresh veggies and cavatappi… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/8 "2012-08-11T00:08:32Z")
Spaghetti as in long round pasta with some kind of red sauce? At least once a week. Pasta in general like olive oil & garlic, or pesto, or alfredo, etc.? Probably 3 or 4 times a week. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/9 "2012-08-11T03:42:38Z")
A couple of times a month. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/10 "2012-08-11T04:26:20Z")
Once or twice a month, but some kind of pasta with some kind of sauce at least twice a week. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/11 "2012-08-11T04:38:05Z")
I’m the rare person that actually dislikes Italian food, mostly because I don’t like tomato-based sauces (marinara, etc.) Gives me heartburn, plus I’m burnt out on it since I’m in Chicagoland and there’s like 16 pizza and Italian joints within walking distance in every town. So I eat spaghetti - maybe once or twice per year. Never really liked it, only eat it when it’s served to me, never make it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/12 "2012-08-11T04:50:22Z")
Once every couple of weeks, tops. Spaghetti is a huge calorie meal. Not good for my waistline. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/13 "2012-08-11T05:01:28Z")
Once a month, max. Actually, I can’t remember the last time we made spaghetti (or any other kind of pasta, to be honest.) ---
**Author:** ![Top\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Top_Hat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/14 "2012-08-11T05:04:00Z")
.75 times a week over the course of a year probably. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/15 "2012-08-11T05:10:30Z")
Pasta 2-3 times a week - Boy From Mars is from Italy and that’s on the low side. His parents eat it every day for lunch. Not often spaghetti though - more often fusilli, farfalle, penne etc or filled pasta like ravioli or tortellini, gnocchi too if you want to count that as pasta. I don’t eat meat so rarely with ragu, more often with a tomato, pesto, tuna, mushroom or pumpkin based sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/16 "2012-08-11T05:33:51Z")
Twice a week maybe. I have no complaints. I could probably eat some form of pasta every day if I had to. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/17 "2012-08-11T12:19:50Z")
Never. I don’t eat grains. I will occasionally eat it with spaghetti squash or zucchini noodles, but it’s rare. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/18 "2012-08-11T12:51:27Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I could probably eat some form of pasta every day if I had to. I could, too. That’s the problem. I can eat insane caloric amounts of pasta. I’m not talking avoiding pasta because of some low-carb diet. I just mean, if you sat me down with a pound of pasta (dry weight), I have little doubt I’d be able to chew through it all in a sitting. Pasta is like crack to me, which is why I have to be very careful in how I prepare and eat it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/19 "2012-08-11T13:15:57Z")
We have pasta on average once a month, mostly at a nice little Italian restaurant nearby. Additionally, one or two tortellini salad type side dishes each month. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/20 "2012-08-11T13:30:36Z")
I can’t remember the last time I had spaghetti. Maybe a month since I’ve had pasta (I don’t avoid it or anything, there just aren’t great pasta options around here and we almost never make it at home, rice is our default starch). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130.md?page=2)