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Pastas Assembled (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by SouravSatvaya to c/memes

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I have actually never seen this before. Other comments are saying its because you dont salt your water and i do so probably thats why. It also makes the taste better so overall recommended.

[–] toofpic -4 points 4 months ago (8 children)

You can add some oil so pasta won't also stick when you have cold leftovers. I add both oil and salt in the very beginning, because there's no reason to not do that, and I have a feeling of the right amount compared to the amount of water.
And I stir once, about a minute after putting the pasta in, because something tends to stick to the bottom in the very beginning. Afterwards, it's just not necessary.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 7 points 4 months ago (6 children)

You ever heard the saying "like oil and water"? Oil doesn't mix with water. It floats on the surface. Adding it just wastes 100% of the oil.

[+] toofpic -7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, thank you for providing me with this rare knowledge. But what happens while you boil pasta, is pasta turning around and soaking the oil in. I wouldn't be doing that if it wouldn't help with pasta stickiness.
And as other people comment here, oil gets into pasta so you can have a problem with sauce not soaking in, but when I'm making something like bolognese, I sometimes pour pasta into the frying pan with the sauce, so it's getting there for sure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But what happens while you boil pasta, is pasta turning around and soaking the oil in.

That's not what happens

wouldn't be doing that if it wouldn't help with pasta stickiness.

It doesn't, it prevents boilover

[–] WhatAmLemmy 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A wooden spoon across the top of the pot prevents boilover, so why waste the oil?

[–] HiddenLychee 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah people say that but it has literally never worked for me lmao. Great way for me to make a mess