• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      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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        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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          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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          Hmm I call the large “pans” that you boil water and make sauces in pans, but I assume you don’t in your country- presumably the USA? I’m not even sure what you would call them instead tbh

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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!

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      I bought cheap store brand pasta once. That was the only time I’ve ever had noodles stick together.