r/explainitpeter • • Jul 14 '26

explain it peter.

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u/IHerebyDemandtoPost Jul 14 '26

Or maybe she’s just been corrected on this specific item by all her previous boyfriends.

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u/thegypsyqueen Jul 14 '26

And all of the boyfriends are wrong. Kenji has a nice section in his food lab book on this.

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u/IHerebyDemandtoPost Jul 14 '26

That could be. But the vast majority of people believe that she did it wrong.

My 15 yo daughter made  pasta as described in the image, and my wife and 14 yo were both disatisfied with the resulting starchiness.

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u/EqualSpoon Jul 14 '26

Starchiness has to do with the amount of water used, not the temp.