# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/21 "2012-08-11T14:30:48Z")
**obfusciatrist** posted my answer for me. Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/22 "2012-08-11T15:09:55Z")
I moved into my current place around the first of the year and I think I’ve made actual spaghetti maybe four or five times? But I’ve made other pastas other times and I eat Trader Joe’s frozen pastas several times most weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/23 "2012-08-11T15:14:40Z")
Spaghetti - 4 times a year. Pasta - .75 times a week. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/24 "2012-08-11T15:51:39Z")
Haven’t eaten spaghetti or any pasta at my place for 2 yrs or so. Probably had it out eating a few times. Rice has taken over completely, although it was always there. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/25 "2012-08-11T16:03:20Z")
Haven’t had any pasta of any kind in over two years, since my blood tests came back as pre-diabetic. Cut way back on all carbohydrates. ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/26 "2012-08-11T16:18:17Z")
Once I understood the basic diff between complex and simple carbs, I stopped eating white pasta. Basically junk, little in it of nutritional value. Whole wheat pasta is good. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/27 "2012-08-11T16:30:59Z")
1. Low carb. ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/28 "2012-08-11T16:46:29Z")
> [@PrettyVacant](#): > > Once I understood the basic diff between complex and simple carbs, I stopped eating white pasta. > > Basically junk, little in it of nutritional value. > > Whole wheat pasta is good. Nutriotionally, is whole wheat pasta really that much better? I’ve had both, and looking at the packaging, the difference seems to be negligible. If I’m going to eat pasta, I might as well eat pasta I like, and whole wheat ain’t it. ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/29 "2012-08-11T16:54:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Nutriotionally, is whole wheat pasta really that much better? I’ve had both, and looking at the packaging, the difference seems to be negligible. If I’m going to eat pasta, I might as well eat pasta I like, and whole wheat ain’t it. I agree, whole wheat pasta isn’t great. I guess I’m just fed up with eating processed shit, whether white bread, white pasta … so much processed junk, all contributing to poor diet and weight gain. Probably got a bee in my bonnet about the lies perpetrated by the food industry as well. What they have got away with for the past 20-30 years is criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/30 "2012-08-11T16:57:00Z")
Once or twice a month, but it is always linguini. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/31 "2012-08-11T17:09:55Z")
We eat some sort of pasta between once a week and once every other week. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/32 "2012-08-11T17:21:05Z")
Winter time, every other week. Summer rarely. I just don’t like cooking in the summer. I eat a lot of rabbit food in the Summer. Salads etc. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/33 "2012-08-11T17:32:09Z")
Two or three times a week. I know I shouldn’t have any due to the carbs, but the Princess loves it so I make it for her and me. My dad lives with us and is diabetic, so I try to come up with something else for him to eat on nights when the Princess and I have pasta. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/34 "2012-08-11T19:41:22Z")
Maybe every month or two, but when I do, it’s two meals within about a week, so I can use up the jar of sauce. And I never add hamburger meat to spaghetti sauce-- If I’m going to add any meat, it’ll be some sort of sausage, but really, it does just fine without it. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/35 "2012-08-11T21:10:48Z")
We rarely eat pasta of any sort, and my husband doesn’t like to eat spaghetti, so we have it one every couple of years or so. Usually when I use spaghetti noodles it’s with a garlic and butter or peanut sauce, but even that is rare. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/36 "2012-08-11T21:46:44Z")
My dad loved spaghetti and wanted it once or twice a week. I got so burned out eating that stuff as a kid. I eat it now once a year at most. A nod to my dad and childhood. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/37 "2012-08-11T22:38:07Z")
I guess once every two months. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/38 "2012-08-11T22:52:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Maybe every month or two, but when I do, it’s two meals within about a week, so I can use up the jar of sauce. And I never add hamburger meat to spaghetti sauce-- If I’m going to add any meat, it’ll be some sort of sausage, but really, it does just fine without it. This. Although I don’t see what’s wrong with hamburger/ground beef (especially since sausage is processed). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/39 "2012-08-12T00:56:53Z")
Mostly, it’s just that sausage has other flavors that I think complement spaghetti better. That, and I’m trying to cut down on beef in general, because it has too much iron for me. Although, as I said, I usually don’t bother adding any sort of meat. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130/40 "2012-08-12T01:12:54Z")
I"ve been waiting for this thread! I eat spaghetti for lunch every single day. I am single, and a box of spaghetti goes a long way. I cook a big batch ( is there any other kind? ) of sauce, cook a box of noodles, and divide the noodles up. 5 tupperwares of noodles with parmesan cheese, added garlic powder and oregeno get frozen. ( so they won’t absorb the sauce ) then they are all topped with sauce, and when I head off to work I grab one. So to answer your question, 5 days a week, at the very least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-week-do-you-guys-eat-spaghetti/631130.md?page=3)