• echo64@lemmy.world
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          I have never stirred pasta. I need you to understand this. I’m old, I’ve never once stirred pasta. I’ve made a lot of pasta.

          I wait for the water to boil, I put salt in and question if this even does anything but I do it anyway, I put the pasta in then seven minutes or so later it’s done.

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            Salt bumps up the boiling temp of your water, and it also keeps the flavor of your noodles from leeching out. It’s very important

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              Yeah, I’ve read those theories, I’ve also seen people say it does nothing. I’ve forgotten and it’s made no difference. But I still do it. It’s worth noting you have to add a lot of salt to meaningfully change the boiling temperature.

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              I have made endless spaghetti and this has never ever been the case for me, ever.

              Are you american? i gotta know if this is some american food is weird thing. american food is often weird. this is not something the rest of the world talks about.

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          I have never stirred pasta before, and never had it stick even once. Are you sure you’re waiting for the water to reach a full boil to add the pasta? At that point that air bubbles should be knocking it around enough that you don’t have to bother.

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              All you gotta do is push the ends that’re stocking out under once it’s soft enough. No stirring necessary. I suppose you can if that’s easier for you, but I don’t bother.

              Editing in real quick though, I’ve never cooked high end pasta, so maybe that’s different. I’m broke, so it’s always the cheap stuff for me

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        Yeah but we prefer eating our pasta in lots of small pieces, not in one big log.

        Source: first time my son was home alone and made spaghetti 😘

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        Yeah but we prefer eating our pasta in lots of small pieces, not in one big log.

        Source: first time my son was home alone and made spaghetti 😘

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          What are you people doing to your pasta… I don’t even know what universe it would do that. How would it do that? Is this some American thing where American pasta isn’t made from wheat anymore but instead corn syrup?

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            If you don’t take care, and don’t stir, spaghetti might stick badly.

            If you have enough water, hot enough, salt a bit, see to it that when you put the pasta in the water it’s not in a big lump, then it’s going to be okay.

            I like to stir after a minute or three, but it’s mostly to see everything is okay like water temp.

            Beginners might chuck it in colderer water, not stir spaghetti or whatever. Been there done that ☺️

            Good night!