• Damage@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    I wonder wtf you guys do to your pasta, it’s like the easiest thing to cook… Boil water, add salt, wait for the time written on the box (or just look at it, you’ll see when it’s done).

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      1 year ago

      Some bad celebrity chef at some point told Americans that you have to put olive oil in the water to prevent sticking.

      Like…no. Just stir it occasionally lol

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        1 year ago

        Stir at the beginning for 45 seconds so that the pasta don’t stick then let the boiling water move the pasta and cook them. Simple.

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        Like…no. Just stir it occasionally lol

        Why? It doesn’t stick while its in the water either way (for me at least, maybe the starch content varies enough to change that around the world).

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        1 year ago

        If you don’t stir the pasta adequately after adding it to the pot that can make it stick together. Source: my husband does this all the freaking time.

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          Your stir at the beginning to ensure that each piece of pasta is properly engulfed by water. But after that there really shouldn’t be much need of stirring, the pasta moves around in the water on its own.

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            Sometimes I just hold the pot handle and swish it around slightly. Never had a problem with sticking. It seems like an infomercial problem.

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          1 year ago

          I usually just snap mine in half, and throw it in boiling water with a bit of salt. I haven’t stirred pasta in years.

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        Also, if the pan isn’t large enough the pasta will stick I think. I say I think because despite having cooked pasta hundreds of times I’ve never had this happen lol

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            1 year ago

            After cooking the pasta just short of done, many toss them in the sauce pan and let them finish cooking in the sauce for a more even pasta-to-sauce-distribution. Saves you the hassle of portioning your sauce.

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      Half the time written on the box, believe me if you want a perfect “al dente”. Anyway the problem of everybody outside Italy is that they boil the water with the pasta in.

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      It’s a shitty pasta fault. Good pasta does not stick, simply boil water add salt put pasta in.

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      1 year ago

      If you throw the pasta on the wall and it sticks, it’s done. If you don’t want to use the wall, use the inside of the microwave’s door.