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      That is not true, if you don’t stir at all, pasta will stick. To stir just once or twice is sufficient though.

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        I have never stirred pasta. I need you to understand this. I’m old, I’ve never once stirred pasta. I’ve made a lot of pasta.

        I wait for the water to boil, I put salt in and question if this even does anything but I do it anyway, I put the pasta in then seven minutes or so later it’s done.

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          Salt bumps up the boiling temp of your water, and it also keeps the flavor of your noodles from leeching out. It’s very important

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            Yeah, I’ve read those theories, I’ve also seen people say it does nothing. I’ve forgotten and it’s made no difference. But I still do it. It’s worth noting you have to add a lot of salt to meaningfully change the boiling temperature.

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          Did you ever make spaghetti? When you put a bunch of them in the pot, one end of the bunch still sticks out and the bunch just stands there while the lower ends stick together.

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            I have made endless spaghetti and this has never ever been the case for me, ever.

            Are you american? i gotta know if this is some american food is weird thing. american food is often weird. this is not something the rest of the world talks about.

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              I am a EU citizen and don´t know about US spaghetti. Probably the FDA approved Teflon coating or something …

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        I have never stirred pasta before, and never had it stick even once. Are you sure you’re waiting for the water to reach a full boil to add the pasta? At that point that air bubbles should be knocking it around enough that you don’t have to bother.

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          Did you ever make spaghetti? When you put a bunch of them in the pot, one end of the bunch still sticks out and the bunch just stands there, so no amount of bubbles is going to “knock them around”.

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            All you gotta do is push the ends that’re stocking out under once it’s soft enough. No stirring necessary. I suppose you can if that’s easier for you, but I don’t bother.

            Editing in real quick though, I’ve never cooked high end pasta, so maybe that’s different. I’m broke, so it’s always the cheap stuff for me

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              push the ends that’re stocking out under once it’s soft enough

              If you´re using anything than your bare hands for that, I´m pretty sure that counts as a half stir at least! /s

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      Yeah but we prefer eating our pasta in lots of small pieces, not in one big log.

      Source: first time my son was home alone and made spaghetti 😘

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      Yeah but we prefer eating our pasta in lots of small pieces, not in one big log.

      Source: first time my son was home alone and made spaghetti 😘

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        What are you people doing to your pasta… I don’t even know what universe it would do that. How would it do that? Is this some American thing where American pasta isn’t made from wheat anymore but instead corn syrup?

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          If you don’t take care, and don’t stir, spaghetti might stick badly.

          If you have enough water, hot enough, salt a bit, see to it that when you put the pasta in the water it’s not in a big lump, then it’s going to be okay.

          I like to stir after a minute or three, but it’s mostly to see everything is okay like water temp.

          Beginners might chuck it in colderer water, not stir spaghetti or whatever. Been there done that ☺️

          Good night!