This morning, I got a note from a reader who asked me:
"Hi,
"Hi,
Where can I find the full recipe for Bachelor Pasta?
Thanks"
To which I was like, huh? Bachelor pasta...that was something I talked about for a TV segment that some random people came and shot at my house in my actual kitchen. I didn't know if it ever aired, because I never heard from them again, but apparently it did! I didn't even know what the show was called. I was told it was going to be called Toast to Toast, but now it's called Great Cocktails. And I'm pretty sure that we taped the segment, like, two, maybe even three years ago.
I couldn't figure out which episode it was in so I don't have a clip for you, but here's the story behind bachelor pasta. My drummer friend Graham taught me to make it. He learned the recipe from his father, who was also a musician.
Bachelor pasta is the perfect name for the dish because there's absolutely no measurement necessary and once you eat it, there's no way anyone's going to want to kiss you. It's also aggressively high carb, high fat in a way that would scare most women. Makes for a great post-bender sponge.
Bachelor Pasta
adapted from Graham Hawthorne
1 lb. spaghetti (yes, a whole pound!)
1 stick butter (yes, a whole stick!)
5-10 cloves garlic, chopped (or, if you're in no state to wield a knife, I suppose you could use that jarred chopped shit, but I cannot condone this)
2 eggs*
salt
pepper
heaps of grated parmesan
1. Boil water. Add salt.
2. When water is boiling, add spaghetti.
3. Melt butter on low heat in small saucepan with garlic. Keep on low until spaghetti is done.
4. Beat eggs.
5. When spaghetti is done, drain and do not rinse. Put spaghetti in large bowl. (If no bowl is within arm's reach, put spaghetti back into the pot.)
6. Dump garlic butter over hot spaghetti. Dump egg in. Toss vigorously.
7. Salt and pepper to taste.
8. Dump parmesan in. Toss.
9. Eat straight from giant bowl (or straight from the pot) with fork. Serves one if it's just you, serves two if you're with your dad, post-gig. Perfectly acceptable to eat over the sink while wearing boxers. Brushing teeth afterwards recommended but not required.
*UPDATE: The author of the e-mail said I said 2 eggs on the show, so 2 eggs it is!
To which I was like, huh? Bachelor pasta...that was something I talked about for a TV segment that some random people came and shot at my house in my actual kitchen. I didn't know if it ever aired, because I never heard from them again, but apparently it did! I didn't even know what the show was called. I was told it was going to be called Toast to Toast, but now it's called Great Cocktails. And I'm pretty sure that we taped the segment, like, two, maybe even three years ago.
I couldn't figure out which episode it was in so I don't have a clip for you, but here's the story behind bachelor pasta. My drummer friend Graham taught me to make it. He learned the recipe from his father, who was also a musician.
Bachelor pasta is the perfect name for the dish because there's absolutely no measurement necessary and once you eat it, there's no way anyone's going to want to kiss you. It's also aggressively high carb, high fat in a way that would scare most women. Makes for a great post-bender sponge.
Bachelor Pasta
adapted from Graham Hawthorne
1 lb. spaghetti (yes, a whole pound!)
1 stick butter (yes, a whole stick!)
5-10 cloves garlic, chopped (or, if you're in no state to wield a knife, I suppose you could use that jarred chopped shit, but I cannot condone this)
2 eggs*
salt
pepper
heaps of grated parmesan
1. Boil water. Add salt.
2. When water is boiling, add spaghetti.
3. Melt butter on low heat in small saucepan with garlic. Keep on low until spaghetti is done.
4. Beat eggs.
5. When spaghetti is done, drain and do not rinse. Put spaghetti in large bowl. (If no bowl is within arm's reach, put spaghetti back into the pot.)
6. Dump garlic butter over hot spaghetti. Dump egg in. Toss vigorously.
7. Salt and pepper to taste.
8. Dump parmesan in. Toss.
9. Eat straight from giant bowl (or straight from the pot) with fork. Serves one if it's just you, serves two if you're with your dad, post-gig. Perfectly acceptable to eat over the sink while wearing boxers. Brushing teeth afterwards recommended but not required.
*UPDATE: The author of the e-mail said I said 2 eggs on the show, so 2 eggs it is!
Add bacon FTW!!!
You're so right, Joseph. I think it goes boil water, fry bacon, boil pasta, melt butter over low heat with bacon fat and garlic, etc.