The traditional Italian method of boiling pasta
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024
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lmao I non-traditionally boil my pasta in my air fryer
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- fake solidarity because this doesnt help ukraine, it's just
- double-fake solidarity because it only "felt like" an act of solidarity
- terminal liberal brainworms, to think your individual boycott matters
This just looks like someone coping with rising energy bills by pretending their financial pain is an act of solidarity.
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making it according to the traditional Italian method in an uncovered pot of vigorously boiling water
What other methods are there? Microwave?
An Italian scientist got a lot of flak back in 2022 for pointing out that you can boil the pasta for 2-3 minutes, turn off the burner, and let the residual heat cook the rest of the pasta and get the same result, saving some (very expensive back then) gas. So apparently that's a more energy-efficient way to cook pasta, if marginally so.
Italians, not liking when their very dear "muh traditions" are exposed to be based on rote repetition of recipes from very different material conditions and marketing from the 1920s, got very mad at him before even trying if the method worked or not.
Every time I go into the comments of a youtube video about making a traditional Italian dish easier it's full of the most pretentious people in the world talking about how "That's not real Risotto, my Italian mother blah blah blah" like shut the fuck up, your name is Carl and you live in Altoona, Iowa.
I once posted a pic of some spaghetti meatballs to a dorm group chat. The Italian dude immediately jumps in and says "that's not real pasta". So I say to him "noodles are from China, so you guys are actually just fucking up 捞面 really bad."
Dude got legitimately mad and didn't talk to me for a week. Worth it.
I knew one of these guys in college, one time I ate his cooking and it was the worst fucking spaghetti I've ever had in my life lmao
A dude that gave me that attitude on pasta/noodles also tried to (erronously) correct me on spider taxonomy and the ranges of mosquitos. I sticks with me years later.
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I deal with ths as a job. It's insufferable. None one I work with is even Italian.
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Huh, interesting! They also mention pre-soaking the pasta for two hours to save more energy (since most of the time is really spent rehydrating rather than truly cooking) which can cut the cooking time from ten minutes to one or two minutes. Might have to give it a shot out of curiosity!
I didn't try the soaking method, but I did try the turning it off halfway method. The texture of the pasta is slightly different, but barely noticeable, unless you're using really high-quality pasta from higher-protein durum wheat (the one used the most in Italy). In that case it does turn a bit gummy.
If you're using regular-ass pasta made from red or winter wheat, which is the pasta you get in 99% of the world (unless you're importing or getting it from a high-quality brand), there's virtually no difference, in my very limited experimentation.
Remember to wash off the rehydration water cuz that's where the anti-nutritive chemicals go
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An Italian scientist in a lab coat, wearing a chef hat, with beakers full of sauces, intently studying pasta. When the results stump him, they do the hand gesture.
I haven't met any pasta scientists, but i've met a few Italian food scientists who do all the hand gestures. It's really funny
I know pasta scientist and italian food scientists, they are all ridiculously stereotypical
Italians are very stereotypical in general.
As someone who works in an Italian restaurant making food in a stupid way cause trad is most of the cuisine.
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i always put the pasta in first, cover it with as little cold water as possible and then put a lid on it until it boils. its supposed to be faster but i mainly do it because i know it would piss off italians
I've tried that and the outside of the pasta is a bit overcooked and slimy when i've done it. These days i just boil water on the kettle, pour it in a pot and add the pasta. Faster and no fuss.
The electronic kettle to boil then moving it to the saucepan is the way to go. So much faster and if you have leftover hot water in the kettle you can use it while cleaning up.
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I come from an Italian American family, moms side at least, and this is how I do it and it was specifically to spite my grandmother
Italians are some of the most smug about their cooking "traditions." I really don't get it, why are they such weirdos about it? It's really annoying.
It's really one of the very few things they get any international recognition and whatever approximates national pride over there. I get caring a lot about food, I do it for a living, but they're really weird about it.
It's a whole nation with a huge inferiority complex.
You’ve never had cold brew pasta?
You don't make your pasta in a Fr*nch press?
honestly the hard part is finding one tall enough to fit the dry noodles without having to break them
breaking noodles
Breaking spaghetti to get it into your pot is good. I like to crush it up into a fine powder and make a wheat soup
I consider this a hate crime
Well you shouldn't. I love doing it so it's a love crime
Yer hurting all of us out of spite
MODS? MODS!!
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Bathtub spaghetti
I boil my water in a covered pot first,otherwise it takes more time to get to boiling
I like to do the all American method of serving chicken, by cooking it before eating it.
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Caesars for Azov
With complementary "Roman" salutes
Romaine Salute 
If your energy bills are so high that you're looking for more efficient ways to cook food (which in a normal energy market would only save you a few cents per serving), it's time to revolt!
Nah I think I’ll give more money to the military to show the enemy who’s boss
Slava lettucia!
Reducing energy expenditure in order to curb global warming? Naw.
Choosing not to run the stove to boil 2L of water for 10 minutes, in order to weaken Russia? Now we're talking.
It turns out we were wrong all the time we were thinking that there was no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism.
Look blueberries and cheese go hard. Slava
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