HairyHarry comments on Pasta Time™

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nope, add. I like my pasta al dente, btw. But if I rely on the time printed on the package they never are al dente but still kind of raw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are you putting the pasta in cold? If you put it in at a rolling boil it'll be mushy at 10 minutes.

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[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

you made me rethink how I cook my pasta and researched a little bit. The effect I'm experiencing can be explained by the amount of water I use. I always used 3 liters of water for 500g spaghetti. Recommended are 1l per 100g. Using lesser can result in greater loss of heat when putting in the pasta into the water.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

I was thinking maybe elevation was accounting for the discrepancy, but thus makes more sense! Thanks for doing the research and solving the mystery.

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