We need to talk about buttered noodles

[Anonymous]

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If you are not getting all the essential amino acids, then the protein you are consuming is processed like a carb.

By stating this, you are unwittingly proving that you have no actual knowledge about biochemistry but are, as I suspected getting your info from blogs about "clean eating" and other sources at your CrossFit-type gym. Your assertion is flat out incorrect.

(and yes, we know you're a child who's into working out, because you used the word 'retarded' in your PP)

No, I actually wrote it that way to dumb it down for people like you. But fine by me, my kids will be healthy. Keep feeding your kids cheese and bread and not much else. Yours will be skin, bones, and fat.

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Anonymous wrote:White pasta has little nutritive value. The protein in white pasta is not accessed by the body alone (just like the protein in rice needs something like beans to compete it. Butter is not a healthy fat; it is saturated as is cheese.

^^^ this person has been reading "nutrition" blogs. Or perhaps seeing a $150-an-hour bethesda "nutritionist."

All of my high-incomed, triathloning acquaintances are now experts! And they all sound the same.

It's your choice to be retarded but it's true. If you are not getting all the essential amino acids, then the protein you are consuming is processed like a carb. Which is why vegans have a hard time building muscle without a lot of planning.

It is a myth that you need all the essential amino acids in the same meal, or even the same day. A small amount of meat or dairy protein will go along way to helping maximize protein from grains.

Vegans may have difficulty getting enough food to build muscles for body building purposes, simply because it is hard to eat a ton of protein just from plant foods. The food fills them up, it is too bulky. Animal proteins have no fiber so you can eat more of them before filling up. So they do have to think about food intake if they are trying to gain muscles for body building or athetic purposes, but not because they have to carefully combine amino acids -- that theory went out about 20 years ago.

Also went away -- the R word. Stop using it.

It is true that you don't need all essential amino acids in the same meal, but you do need them nearly every day to build muscle as there is no way to store them.

[Anonymous]

Regular pasta is actually very low on the glycemic index. Like 30 or something. Something about the protein structures. But I feed it to my son, too. With butter and a little salt. Not all the time. But I see zero wrong with buttered noodles.

I'm not as big a fan of rice noodles. But he gets those on occasion, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Boring and no reason to eat them...no nutritional value and they are just gross.

This. Missing protein component and micronutrients (eight the exception of the green beans)

You literally night as well feed them a snickers bar instead of the buttered noodles

Um...this might be a SLIGHT exaggeration.

SLIGHT exaggeration... but..

nutritional information for snickers bar:
Total Fat 11 g 16%
Saturated fat 6 g 30%
Trans fat 0.2 g
Cholesterol 4 mg 1%
Sodium 83 mg 3%
Total Carbohydrate 28 g 9%
Dietary fiber 0.8 g 3%
Sugar 20 g
Protein 3 g 6%
Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 4% Iron 1%

for buttered noodles
Calories 287
Calories from Fat 117
Total Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 47mg 16%
Sodium 120mg 5%
Carbohydrates 35g 12%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 1g
Protein 7g
http://www.caloriecount.com/calories-bob-evans-buttered-pasta-noodles-i58203


Now if you start tossing chicken and vegetables into the buttered noodles, then that's a different story. That's not what the OP is talking about though.

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Saturated fat isn't evil, either. Especially for kids. Just don't eat huge amounts of it.

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Sugar is bad. Fat is not.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's boring and white bread and there are healthier and more adventurous things to try. I never had them growing up, and I think they taste disgusting. It's sad when kids eat them at restaurants with good food.

They have their whole lives to branch out. As long as they are healthy, why do you care?

I don't really, just answering the question. I used to work at an amazing Italian restaurant and only the most annoying tables ordered buttered noodles for their kids--so my experience has colored this opinion.

I think about mess making when eating in a restaurant. Ordering buttered noodles is much safer than ordering red sauce in a restaurant.

But strangely enough, the buttered noodle families left the biggest messes and the smallest tips, and were whiny and critical to boot. The osso bucco families usually kept their tables tidy or left big tips to compensate, and were pleasant and relaxed. Small sample, of course, but enough to make me never want to be that buttered noodle parent.

LOL. Judgmental waitresses? WTF?

What do your kids order at amazing Italian restaurants?

Not judgmental; just observant. Food service employees get to see, observe (and, yes, categorize) a huge cross-section of people and their eating habits. If you think you're exempt from this, you're mistaken.

My kids eat the same foods the adults eat, off the menu.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll bet if they were house-made noodles with locally sourced fresh butter and shaved Parmesan, with a side of organic sugar snap peas served in artisanal bowls at Founding Farmers for $22.99, these people wouldn't have any problem ordering them for their kids (or themselves!)

+1

You'd get even more takers if the product was called Craft Butter and Artisnal Pasta w/ sustainably grown durham wheat from a cooperative in Kansas. Bonus points if the wheat was harvested using a vintage combine by a 30-year old liberal arts major who grew a beard in the last 3 years.

What if it was a STEAM combine??

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's boring and white bread and there are healthier and more adventurous things to try. I never had them growing up, and I think they taste disgusting. It's sad when kids eat them at restaurants with good food.

They have their whole lives to branch out. As long as they are healthy, why do you care?

I don't really, just answering the question. I used to work at an amazing Italian restaurant and only the most annoying tables ordered buttered noodles for their kids--so my experience has colored this opinion.

I think about mess making when eating in a restaurant. Ordering buttered noodles is much safer than ordering red sauce in a restaurant.

But strangely enough, the buttered noodle families left the biggest messes and the smallest tips, and were whiny and critical to boot. The osso bucco families usually kept their tables tidy or left big tips to compensate, and were pleasant and relaxed. Small sample, of course, but enough to make me never want to be that buttered noodle parent.

LOL. Judgmental waitresses? WTF?

What do your kids order at amazing Italian restaurants?

Not judgmental; just observant. Food service employees get to see, observe (and, yes, categorize) a huge cross-section of people and their eating habits. If you think you're exempt from this, you're mistaken.

My kids eat the same foods the adults eat, off the menu.

I guess all those Italians eating classic caccio e peppe are total boors ...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll bet if they were house-made noodles with locally sourced fresh butter and shaved Parmesan, with a side of organic sugar snap peas served in artisanal bowls at Founding Farmers for $22.99, these people wouldn't have any problem ordering them for their kids (or themselves!)

+1

You'd get even more takers if the product was called Craft Butter and Artisnal Pasta w/ sustainably grown durham wheat from a cooperative in Kansas. Bonus points if the wheat was harvested using a vintage combine by a 30-year old liberal arts major who grew a beard in the last 3 years.

What if it was a STEAM combine??

+1 for steam combine, additional 1/2 point if charming French steam combine

[Anonymous]

I was never a fan of buttered noodles, but after reading 5 pages of those two words, it's suddenly all I want!

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's boring and white bread and there are healthier and more adventurous things to try. I never had them growing up, and I think they taste disgusting. It's sad when kids eat them at restaurants with good food.

They have their whole lives to branch out. As long as they are healthy, why do you care?

I don't really, just answering the question. I used to work at an amazing Italian restaurant and only the most annoying tables ordered buttered noodles for their kids--so my experience has colored this opinion.

I think about mess making when eating in a restaurant. Ordering buttered noodles is much safer than ordering red sauce in a restaurant.

But strangely enough, the buttered noodle families left the biggest messes and the smallest tips, and were whiny and critical to boot. The osso bucco families usually kept their tables tidy or left big tips to compensate, and were pleasant and relaxed. Small sample, of course, but enough to make me never want to be that buttered noodle parent.

LOL. Judgmental waitresses? WTF?

What do your kids order at amazing Italian restaurants?

Not judgmental; just observant. Food service employees get to see, observe (and, yes, categorize) a huge cross-section of people and their eating habits. If you think you're exempt from this, you're mistaken.

My kids eat the same foods the adults eat, off the menu.

I guess all those Italians eating classic caccio e peppe are total boors ...

Well, I'm not talking about them, but about typical, middle-class American families who ignored the menu and instead asked for "noodles with butter and nothing else." I also have opinions about people who order ranch dressing, people who make tons of substitutions, and people who let their kids play video games at the table. Somehow, those people always seemed to be dining together. Go ahead and eat your buttered noodles, but don't think that you're somehow "classic" or "traditional" because of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's boring and white bread and there are healthier and more adventurous things to try. I never had them growing up, and I think they taste disgusting. It's sad when kids eat them at restaurants with good food.

They have their whole lives to branch out. As long as they are healthy, why do you care?

I don't really, just answering the question. I used to work at an amazing Italian restaurant and only the most annoying tables ordered buttered noodles for their kids--so my experience has colored this opinion.

I think about mess making when eating in a restaurant. Ordering buttered noodles is much safer than ordering red sauce in a restaurant.

But strangely enough, the buttered noodle families left the biggest messes and the smallest tips, and were whiny and critical to boot. The osso bucco families usually kept their tables tidy or left big tips to compensate, and were pleasant and relaxed. Small sample, of course, but enough to make me never want to be that buttered noodle parent.

LOL. Judgmental waitresses? WTF?

What do your kids order at amazing Italian restaurants?

Not judgmental; just observant. Food service employees get to see, observe (and, yes, categorize) a huge cross-section of people and their eating habits. If you think you're exempt from this, you're mistaken.

My kids eat the same foods the adults eat, off the menu.

Hint: categorize = judge

Guess they didn't cover that at Olive Garden training.

[Anonymous]

Hint: categorize = judge

Guess they didn't cover that at Olive Garden training.

Hint: Not all waitresses are idiots. Lots are lawyers, grad. students, teachers--people who are trained to be critical and to categorize.

Order what you want, and we'll have fun judging and laughing at you.

[Anonymous]

People are judgey, I think its fine. My kids often ate buttered noodles with edamame or broccolli on the side. Once they got to be bit older, I started adding a cup of chickpeas, parm, and chopped herbs. They love it, and there are brands that have more protein too (barilla plus for example).