# What is the perfect lasagna to you?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 28, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-lasagna-to-you/790069 "2017-06-28T17:29:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-lasagna-to-you/790069/61 "2017-07-05T22:07:37Z")

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> [@NAF1138](#):
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> I don’t care for the no cook noodles. They never taste right.

I agree. The consistency isn’t quite right.

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**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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-lasagna-to-you/790069/62 "2017-07-05T22:20:28Z")

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I’ve actually never used them. What’s the difference between those and non-boil ones? When I make lasagna bolognes, I use fresh noodles. When I make the more “stuffy” and “saucy” styles, I just use regular noodles and they cook up fine without precooking. I"ve been tempted to use them for bolognese, as I don’t think regular noodles will work, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

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**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:** [July 8, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-lasagna-to-you/790069/63 "2017-07-08T21:50:02Z")

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So, a lesson I just learned about making lasagna: Count the noodles before you start.

I always make an entire 1-pound box of noodles at a time, because I’d rather have leftover already-made lasagna lying around that I can eat as I please than a box of leftover noodles rattling around. And the last time I made lasagna, that one-pound box was 12 noodles, so that’s what I planned my layering around. Turns out, though, that this box was 20. I managed to squeeze in one extra layer, but by the time I realized it was too late for an extra two.

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