candle hack of the day:

light candles with uncooked spaghetti

new to me: if  you don’t have a match or a lighter, and you want to light a candle, or you’ve got a candle sitting at the bottom of a tall, thin jar, you may be wondering how to reach the wick to light it. grab some dry spaghetti from the pantry instead, which works beautifully as an extra-long matchstick. with caution, light the piece of spaghetti on the stove, then take the flaming piece of pasta and carefully use it to light whatever candles you so choose. voila!

note:  when i first learned about this hack, i started looking for examples, and it led to me down a rabbit hole, to a whole candle/pasta industry…

candles that look like pasta, pasta candleholders, candles in your pasta,  party candles shaped like pasta….hoo boy, it’s endless..

quotes from Reddit users:

“Either light some spaghetti. Or, get your shoes on, get in the car, go to the store, spend money on a thing, then come back and then light the candle. Brother that ain’t easier.”

“Tiny matches and flames scare me, so this keeps my fingers back and is so easy.”

“Once I didn’t have any matches to light my menorah, so I lit a slice of spaghetti on fire with my stove and it worked beautifully.”

‘Safety Skeptics’ responses/quotes:

“Lighting a candle with a spaghetti noodle is not recommended because spaghetti takes a significant amount of time to ignite.

“When the spaghetti finally lights, it can curl over, posing a fire hazard as it may drop on toes, pets, the floor, or into the candle itself.”

wear shoes, tell you pets to beware and choose your own adventure.

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source credits: better report, anthropologie,south lake grills, reddit, etsy