# Sphagetti and Microwave

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphagetti-and-microwave/349235>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 21, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphagetti-and-microwave/349235 "2006-03-21T02:32:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphagetti-and-microwave/349235/21 "2006-03-22T11:37:27Z")

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I’d like to add that, if you cook a pound of spaghetti (or other pasta) the usual way, you can divide it into servings in baggies, and it freezes well. Then you just have to nuke a single serving when you want some.

Rice? Not so much.

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphagetti-and-microwave/349235/22 "2006-03-22T12:49:09Z")

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**Meeko** , may I ask

Is this just a question out of curiosity, out of necessity, or out of the desire to avoid the process of actually boiling water and putting pasta into the water?

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphagetti-and-microwave/349235/23 "2006-03-23T01:56:58Z")

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> [@Trunk](#):
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> **Meeko** , may I ask
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> Is this just a question out of curiosity, out of necessity, or out of the desire to avoid the process of actually boiling water and putting pasta into the water?

I should have stated earlier. Im a traditonal college student living in a dorm room.

Everyone my age grew up with the microwave. Its hard to neglect it, if it can help.

Add to this, that I finally figured out how to do ramen in the microwave, and you see what causes me to bring up the question.

I know it will probably be the same length… but it seems faster to me.  
Curiosity and Nescessity. I could do it the regular way… but hope not.

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**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sphagetti-and-microwave/349235/24 "2006-03-24T02:12:36Z")

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And I was just about to say, “why don’t you just wait until you get some pots? That’s what we did.” 😃

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