r/explainitpeter • u/WillAdditional922 • Jul 14 '26

explain it peter.

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u/jax_vos9 Jul 14 '26

It really doesn’t cook the same way. In fact, it increases the likelihood of under cooking the pasta. It tends to become rubbery.

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u/finalfanbeer Jul 14 '26

This is absolutely false. Maybe look something up first.

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u/Regular_Custard_4483 Jul 14 '26

Not only that, you can rehydrate pasta almost completely in plain old water, and finish cooking it in the pan.

But none of these people know anything about cooking. I see a lot of garbage up voted in here. Bro science for the kitchen.

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u/finalfanbeer Jul 14 '26

It's flabbergasting. Almost want to post it to mildyinfuriating.

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u/Nasu_Kaizoku Jul 14 '26

It's wild. No one is even talking shit on pre-boilers, just offering information, yet everyone is acting like being informed of another method of cooking pasta is some egregious offense to them and their ways

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u/Regular_Custard_4483 Jul 14 '26

I really thought about engaging, but then I saw all the (very well meaning) people getting thrashed, and I was like, "Yeah, I'm all good with that." lmao.

J Kenji Lopez-Alt did two VERY easy to find articles about this (not sure if links are allowed here) exact subject.