You know those digital scales that collect dust in your pantry? Drag it out. Six ounces of dry pasta looks like a medium-sized fist. If you’re using spaghetti, it’s about the diameter of a quarter when you wrap it around your fingers. Go ahead, try it. I’ll wait.
For shorter shapes like rotini or macaroni, 6 oz fills a standard measuring cup to the 1.5-cup mark. Honestly? It looks like a sad little pile. But don’t let the dry volume fool you—this stuff swells like a secret glutton once it hits boiling water.
