benspawpaw
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what do you do to keep pasta from sticking together?
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sticky pasta
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except......add a tiny bit of salt (not a salt fan) and make sure you stir regularly (every couple of minutes), especially after the water returns to a boil. I think the stirring is more important than the salt, but I could be wrong. Add the olive oil after straining and rinsing under cold water. I don't think the oil does any good during the cooking because it just floats on top.
BamsBBQ
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usually when your pasta is sticky, it it because you didnt boil it in enough water and the sticky pasta is the result of starch concentration in the water.
http://www.finecooking.com/articles/cooking-pasta-properly.aspx
BamsBBQ
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...add a tiny bit of salt (not a salt fan) and make sure you stir regularly (every couple of minutes), especially after the water returns to a boil. Add the olive oil after straining and rinsing under cold water. I don't think the oil does any good during the cooking because it just floats on top.
i agree...biggest thing is to have plenty of boiling water
Also stir while cooking as to coat the noodles with oil , then when cooked rinse in cold water under the tap in a strainer ...when rinsed change to hot water to reheat the noodles. I don't use salt as my sweety has a blood pressure problem... it does not change the noodles.
Bring water to a boil, add pasta-then a lid.
Turn off heat.
Drain, add butter to pasta.
Works for me!
Turn off heat.
Drain, add butter to pasta.
Works for me!