I can tell ya what it does NOT mean. A few years ago i was at my mothers doing some yard work so she made me a bowl of pasta for lunch. She asked me how much grated cheese i wanted on it. I said just put some. She put on so much you could hardly see the pasta. She said, thats how your brother likes it, with lots of cheese. So - i think she has held him in mind, but never me - she has no idea how much cheese i like on my pasta.