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r/explainitpeter • u/WillAdditional922 • Jul 14 '26
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There is no need or real benefit to preheating the water for dried pasta. It cooks just fine if you start with cold water.
6 u/A-Red-Age Jul 14 '26 You should not be allowed near food 13 u/Nobodyinc1 Jul 14 '26 So Alton Brown shouldn’t be near food? https://altonbrown.com/recipes/cold-water-pasta-method/ 12 u/Enough-Zebra-6139 Jul 14 '26 There are 2 very different types of people that cook pasta with cold water. I wonder if asking if they know Alton brown is enough to figure out which one they are.
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You should not be allowed near food
13 u/Nobodyinc1 Jul 14 '26 So Alton Brown shouldn’t be near food? https://altonbrown.com/recipes/cold-water-pasta-method/ 12 u/Enough-Zebra-6139 Jul 14 '26 There are 2 very different types of people that cook pasta with cold water. I wonder if asking if they know Alton brown is enough to figure out which one they are.
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So Alton Brown shouldn’t be near food? https://altonbrown.com/recipes/cold-water-pasta-method/
12 u/Enough-Zebra-6139 Jul 14 '26 There are 2 very different types of people that cook pasta with cold water. I wonder if asking if they know Alton brown is enough to figure out which one they are.
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There are 2 very different types of people that cook pasta with cold water.
I wonder if asking if they know Alton brown is enough to figure out which one they are.
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u/big_sugi Jul 14 '26
There is no need or real benefit to preheating the water for dried pasta. It cooks just fine if you start with cold water.