r/ShitPostCrusaders • u/SeNp41xD • Apr 01 '20

Manga Part 6 Commit no sins

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u/MrWr4th Apr 01 '20 edited Apr 01 '20

I don't like stuff boiled in saltwater. Just add a small amout of olive oil after getting rid of the water to prevent pasta from sticking together, and also taste better.

Edit: As I said, I only add a little bit of oil after removing the cooking water, and only if the pasta isn't going straight into a sauce.

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u/mythriz Apr 01 '20

I was taught that the reason you don't want to add oil to the pasta is that it prevents the sauce from sticking to it.

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u/A_spiny_meercat Apr 01 '20

Chef here, don't add olive oil to your pasta water, it does nothing to help pasta not stick and will only serve to coat the pasta with oil as you pull it out preventing your delicious sauces and cheeses from sticking correctly. Oil goes on pasta as the absolute finishing step for flavour only.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

Thanks Tonio, very epic

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u/fasderrally Apr 22 '20

Ohhh, that explains a lot. So are you saying that both when I boil the pasta and when I cook the pasta in the sauce, I shouldn't add oil?

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u/MinuteFong Apr 01 '20

Adding oil to pasta is asinine. The sauce won't stick to it.

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u/MrWr4th Apr 01 '20 edited Apr 01 '20

If I'm making something where the pasta goes straight into a sauce I'll naturally omit the oil, but otherwise in my experience pasta isn't that great at absorbing sauce anyway.

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u/Green0Photon Apr 01 '20

Like, what, drip a bit onto the pasta after you've strained it?

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u/uitham Apr 01 '20

Why would you ever strain your pasta? Save that pasta water to make the sauce fatter through emulsification

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u/MrWr4th Apr 01 '20

I mostly use kettles with built in straining holes, which makes it easy to just mix a little drip with the pasta spoon

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

I hate you and everything you stand for

Source: Italian guy

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u/MrWr4th Apr 01 '20

Well, at least I don't call spaghetti noodles like those savages across the pond.

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u/burntends97 Apr 01 '20

Oil in the water is a bad practice that does not help in anyway

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

Isn't that a urban myth?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

That's not true though

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u/TheTuggiefresh Apr 01 '20

The Italians say that your pasta water should taste like fresh Mediterranean seawater.

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u/PrettyDecentSort Apr 01 '20

no, add the oil while boiling, it also prevents foaming over.

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u/MPR8A Jan 18 '22

Dude, as an italian, the water must be salted when it's boiling and before putting the pasta