# I eat pasta without sauce. Is this weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968 "2013-05-21T22:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/41 "2013-05-23T11:11:33Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I eat pasta without sauce. I usually eat it plain, though with spaghetti, I like to put lots of grated Parmesan cheese on it. Does anyone else do this? > > (I’m a very picky eater, by the way.) > > (Not sure if this belongs in Cafe Society or IMHO.) That’s my #1 hangover food. Sometimes I’ll add garlic powder, sometimes not, but always with lot’s of parmesan! ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/42 "2013-05-23T14:00:48Z")
Yup, that’s my single biggest comfort food. Giant plate of pasta (rigatoni most often, but really anything - and by giant I mean at least half a box, probably more like 3/4ths+) with some butter or olive oil, salt, and parmesan. Fresh garlic if I have it, but if not, that’s fine too. Heck, give me a bit of time to prep and I’ll make the stuff fresh and eat an entire pound of it. It’s also both the first thing to go and the thing I miss most when I am watching what I eat, of course… ---
**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:** [May 23, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/43 "2013-05-23T14:15:11Z")
Not weird at all. Add me to the legions who love pasta with butter, garlic and a little parmesan. Better that way than drowning in sauce. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/44 "2013-05-23T14:18:55Z")
My roommate would eat ramen noodles without cooking them and without the seasoning. That’s weird. You are less so, but I still find it odd that you don’t at least need salt. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/45 "2013-05-23T18:15:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > My roommate would eat ramen noodles without cooking them and without the seasoning. That’s weird. You are less so, but I still find it odd that you don’t at least need salt. I used to do that too, heh. Sometimes I’d open the flavour packet and dip my tongue in it occasionally. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/46 "2013-05-23T22:30:30Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > My roommate would eat ramen noodles without cooking them and without the seasoning. That’s weird. You are less so, but I still find it odd that you don’t at least need salt. Isn’t that a stereotypical university student thing to do, or something? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/47 "2013-05-23T22:56:12Z")
I can’t have tomato sauce, so mine’s generally butter and sea salt. I do like cheese sauces on other types of pasta, though. ---
**Author:** ![Katie\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@Katie\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katie_Mae)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/48 "2013-05-24T02:00:34Z")
butter, coarse ground pepper, red pepper flakes, basil, oregano, fennel, and hot sauce…we rock…peace/katie ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/49 "2013-05-24T02:17:14Z")
If you ever go to Italy, you will fit right in! I love [Pasta al Burro](http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/david-rocco/pasta-al-burro-con-formaggino-pasta-with-butter-and-cheese.html) (pasta with butter) and would order it everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/50 "2013-05-24T03:30:45Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I grew up on this. In my Italian family, it was known as [Aglio e olio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglio_e_olio) Right. That’s Italian for plain pasta. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/51 "2013-05-24T13:44:21Z")
Orzo plain, pretty normal. Lasagna noodles plain, a little odd. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/52 "2013-05-24T13:50:18Z")
Olive oil and parm. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968/53 "2013-05-24T14:30:48Z")
I eat spaghetti noodles with soy sauce and fresh ground black pepper. I’m pretty sure we can agree that’s weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968.md?page=2)