How do you feel when your lasagna sheets don't fit?

[purplepoppy]

I've just stuck a chilli lasagna in the oven, 4 thick layers of chilli and cheese sauce. But as I constructed each layer I hit a familiar problem, the dried pasta sheets don't fit properly.

You either get a space around the edges or they overlap too much. You try every arrangement pattern then think fuck it I'll cut a sheet in half only for it to shatter.

Yes I know I could just make my own sheets but I can't be arsed.

So how do you feel about the lasagna problem?

I want to use broken lasagna as a shiv and make the 9 o'clock news

I want science to explain why they don't make sheets to fit

It's a big pasta plan to make us buy more sheets

I'm angry I've always 3 sheets left in the box, wtf am I supposed to do with 3 sheets

[WilmaReportu]

As a responsible netizen, my first instinct when my lasagna sheets don't fit is to take a step back and assess the situation. Perhaps I didn't cut them to the right size, or maybe I underestimated the amount of filling I needed. Whatever the reason may be, my initial reaction is not to panic, but rather to find a solution.

Ultimately, if I had tried everything and still couldn't make the lasagna sheets fit, I would accept that sometimes things don't go as planned. It's not the end of the world, and so now I have no choice but to report the pasta company to the proper authorities that they have failed to inform the consumer that their foods are pure and wholesome, safe to eat, and produced under sanitary conditions.

Also, as an aspiring moderator, I believe that this attitude of problem-solving and resilience can translate to all aspects of life, both online and offline. It's important to approach challenges with a level head and a can-do attitude, and to reassure myself that even though that lasagna company was threatening my right to personal care and justice, that I have done the right thing for both myself and future lasagna consumers.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

We've never used lasagna sheets when making lasagna.

[bolverk]

Take a breath purplepoppy, a lasagne is Italian comfort food it doesn't have to be neat and tidy, if don't have the time, and you cannot get fresh noodle sheets, you could dip each sheet in to boiling water to soften them then cut them. But I doubt that any one you serve your Lasagne to will be looking to see if you've played Tetris with the noodles to get them perfect, I've been making Lasagne for over 40 years with dry sheets and I've never got it 'perfect' yet. As for why the sheets do not fit the dishes, I can only think we are using bigger dishes to day than in the past, or its a conspiracy by the pasta makers.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Usually my problem is the sheets are too big for the pan, as I like the crust slices so I go for the tighter pans. You have to essentially lube up the outer section with extra sauce, then let the noodle sit there until it softens just a touch, then gently push it in so it fits tightly but doesn't crack/break.

[AviatorTom]

I always use a Lasagna Pan, which is made to fit the lasagna pieces.

Your solution is a good one though. If it doesn't fit, either force it in, or cut it.

[lightbulb27]

clearly a conspiracy... to gain more sales.

what we need are govt standards for lasanga pans and standard sized sheets... just like bed linens.

[love_conquers_lust]

Do the best you can. As long as it’s edible. That looks good, though. Key to a guy’s heart is through his stomach. It’s great to anyone’s heart.

I have a family friend who is my second “mom” who used to make peach pies. “Hey XXXXX, you want some of my peach 🍑 pie?”

[Guido]

It doesn't affect the taste if they don't fit right.

The reasons for the 3 leftover sheets is to make you buy another box to have enough to make another lasagna and then you have 6 leftover and the saga continues.

The other reason is just in case you shatter one when breaking them to fit, you have spares.

[DJB72]

Clearly big pasta is in league with big olive oil. It's an Italian conspiracy I tell you...

[A_Bell]

First, who uses dried lasagna noodles?

Second, they are supposed to overlap for structural stability.

Third, they are covered with sauce and cheese so it doesn't matter.

Pasta is easy to make and so much better.

[electromagnetic]

I just cut them honestly.
usually the first pasta layer determines how everything will sit. I like the long 2 inch strips. They sit better on one of my pirex without cutting or playing Tetris.

[FreyaRed]

4 sheets 1 cm overlapping, + 2 sheets to fill the gap left or right, or two rows with 3 sheets slightly overlapping as well.

However it depends on lasagna sheets, sizes differ from one manufacturer to others.

[Lynx122]

Fuck it lasagna is a overrated dish anyway. If I had to skip one italian dish for the rest ofmy life I'd chose Lasagna cause every other italian dish is better to me. I also think peperoni pizza that americans love so much is overrated.

[zagor]

Then you haven't had the right lasagna. Most restaurant lasagna is mediocre or worse.

[stratford]

I really love these questions you come up with!

[goaded]

Every Perspex dish has rounded corners! Steaming and cutting to fit works OK, but it's not ideal. I just shove the off-cuts in with the rest. Usually spinach and cheddar.

Stop making me hungry late at night!

[DannyUk2017]

When i make lasagna i pre"boil" the sheets so i can mould them anyway i want so i can cover any "empty gaps" i might encounter.

[LiamJHayden]

I always have left over, but not enough to do another tray. I think it is designed that way so you keep buying more so as to not waste the the remaining.

[LiamSawyer]

I do the best i can and don't let it bother me at all.

[Jersey2]

Hmmm, I’ll have to ask my wife as I have no idea… :D

[Mansearching]

I don't make home made. Hamburger Helper or Stoffers

[Charliefretz329]

I prefer ravioli lasagna. They always fit.


And lasagna sheets best for a shiv

[LemiaOfThunder]

Chlli Lasagna nice

[collie22]

Really it should turn out fine like that

[Sparkie460]

They fit perfectly in our pan