The Real Reason Your Pasta Spoon Has a Hole In It

You know those spaghetti spoons (perhaps more accurately described as a spork?) that are used to stir and serve pasta? Everyone's got one in their kitchen drawer, but did you ever wonder what that middle hole is for?

It turns out the hole can be used to measure out approximately one serving of spaghetti.

However many dry noodles fit into that hole counts as a single serving.

So instead of just throwing a bunch of spaghetti into a pot of boiling water and hoping it's enough - you can now be sure you're cooking the right amount all thanks to this handy hole.

You learn something new every day!

Did you know, that the hole in your spaghetti spoon holds the recommended portion for one serving size of spaghetti.