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Why does everyone over-salt their pasta water like it's a competition?
I was at a friend's cookout last Saturday and watched him dump a quarter cup of salt into a pot of water for a single box of spaghetti, and the pasta came out tasting like a salt lick. In my experience, the old rule of 'salty like the sea' gets taken way too literally when you're just boiling noodles for a simple weeknight meal. Anyone else notice people going overboard, or do you actually stick to the heavy salt method?
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ninabutler10d ago
Oh man, totally agree. Saw my roommate do the same thing, absolutely ruined the sauce.
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hernandez.morgan10d ago
Nah, gotta disagree here. Sometimes that extra bit of time actually helps the flavors come together better if you know what you're doing. Maybe your roommate just didn't stir it enough or something.
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