Comments on: History of pasta

By: uuu

uuu — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:51:07 +0000

potato

By: patricia f danio

patricia f danio — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 14:00:02 +0000

Thank you for the facts to know the identity of pasta

By: George

George — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:31:02 +0000

I add salt when cooking. This will prevented from sticking.

By: Katty

Katty — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 20:01:26 +0000

In reply to Admin.

Well, I’ve actually witnessed adding oil to the water in Italy. It’s done when you are cooking for large groups of people, when you have a lot of pasta it’s easier for it to stick. Or simply someone has this habit.

By: Admin

Admin — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:34:15 +0000

In reply to Elisabeth Rose.

Elisabeth. I will have to correct this article. You are right. I never seen adding olive oil in Italy and I think that even if the pasta would absorbs the oil in the water that would not be good. I remove the pasta a few minutes before it is done and then I add the pasta to the sauce and stir for a few minutes. That way the pasta absorbs the sauce – It is call “Mantecare la pasta” in Italian. I will have to correct the article, thanks for pointing that out

By: Elisabeth Rose

Elisabeth Rose — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:06:17 +0000

Love this article, but I disagree with one thing. I used to add olive oil to my pot of boiling water so the pasta wouldn’t stick (as you suggest), but a local pasta maker pointed out that usually the oil just floats to the surface and gets poured off when you drain the pasta. I watched this time and sure enough, it was expensive virgin olive oil down the drain. So now I just stir it to keep it from sticking!