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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.
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
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.
I usually do a 50/50 mix measured by mass.
Did you ever make spaghetti? When you put a bunch of them in the pot, one end of the bunch still sticks out and the bunch just stands there while the lower ends stick together.
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.
I am a EU citizen and don´t know about US spaghetti. Probably the FDA approved Teflon coating or something ...