Pasta question?

In article <irRLi.969$6Y5.308@trnddc07>,

James Silverton said:

We used to go the oil-on-top route since it was supposed to
prevent the spaghetti from sticking together but many years ago,

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James Silverton

I've never known it to prevent sticking -- I think you dump oil in the
water to reduce foaming and possible boil-over.
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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <irRLi.969$6Y5.308@trnddc07>,

James Silverton said:

We used to go the oil-on-top route since it was supposed to
prevent the spaghetti from sticking together but many years ago,

Quoted message said:

James Silverton

I've never known it to prevent sticking -- I think you dump oil in the
water to reduce foaming and possible boil-over.

Oil in the cooking water is supposed to keep the strands of pasta from
sticking to each other. It definitely does NOT, but it may keep you
from blaming yourself when you look at the mess in the pot.

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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <irRLi.969$6Y5.308@trnddc07>,

James Silverton said:

We used to go the oil-on-top route since it was supposed to prevent the
spaghetti from sticking together but many years ago,

Quoted message said:

James Silverton

I've never known it to prevent sticking -- I think you dump oil in the
water to reduce foaming and possible boil-over.

Oil in the cooking water is supposed to keep the strands of pasta from
sticking to each other. It definitely does NOT, but it may keep you from
blaming yourself when you look at the mess in the pot.

How about using a big spoon to keep the pasta moving and off the bottom
until the water returns to a boil? High tech, but definitely possible. :-)

margaret suran said:

Quoted message said:

I've never known it to prevent sticking -- I think you dump oil in the
water to reduce foaming and possible boil-over.

Oil in the cooking water is supposed to keep the strands of pasta from
sticking to each other. It definitely does NOT, but it may keep you
from blaming yourself when you look at the mess in the pot.

I always thought that the reason was to break the surface tension on top of
the water so that it doesn't boil over and make a mess.

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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <irRLi.969$6Y5.308@trnddc07>,
"James Silverton" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> We used to go the oil-on-top route since it was supposed to prevent the
> spaghetti from sticking together but many years ago,

> James Silverton

I've never known it to prevent sticking -- I think you dump oil in the
water to reduce foaming and possible boil-over.

Oil in the cooking water is supposed to keep the strands of pasta from
sticking to each other. It definitely does NOT, but it may keep you from
blaming yourself when you look at the mess in the pot.

How about using a big spoon to keep the pasta moving and off the bottom
until the water returns to a boil? High tech, but definitely possible. :-)

And if you really want to go high tech, try a big fork.

Felice

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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article <irRLi.969$6Y5.308@trnddc07>,
> "James Silverton" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>> We used to go the oil-on-top route since it was supposed to prevent
>> the spaghetti from sticking together but many years ago,
>
>> James Silverton
>
>
> I've never known it to prevent sticking -- I think you dump oil in the
> water to reduce foaming and possible boil-over.

Oil in the cooking water is supposed to keep the strands of pasta from
sticking to each other. It definitely does NOT, but it may keep you
from blaming yourself when you look at the mess in the pot.

How about using a big spoon to keep the pasta moving and off the bottom
until the water returns to a boil? High tech, but definitely possible.
:-)

And if you really want to go high tech, try a big fork.

Felice

Maybe even a stick!

margaret suran said:

Oil in the cooking water is supposed to keep the strands of pasta from
sticking to each other. It definitely does NOT, but it may keep you
from blaming yourself when you look at the mess in the pot.

Larger pots with more boiling water works much better.

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margaret suran said:

Oil in the cooking water is supposed to keep the strands of pasta from
sticking to each other. It definitely does NOT, but it may keep you from
blaming yourself when you look at the mess in the pot.

Larger pots with more boiling water works much better.

I got the Rachel Ray oval pasta pot. Never had a problem with my pasta
sticking together with it.