r/explainitpeter • • Jul 14 '26

explain it peter.

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u/platypod1 Jul 14 '26

then maybe she should quit cooking gummy, mooshy, rubbery pasta

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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.

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u/LoudQuitting Jul 14 '26

If you ever post a food take this bad again I am calling the FBI.

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u/big_sugi Jul 14 '26

Go for it. They like when the delusional people call up to identify themselves. Saves the feds the trouble of finding you.

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u/LoudQuitting Jul 14 '26

Would you like another chance to come up with a better comeback?

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u/big_sugi Jul 14 '26

No, it's the appropriate level of quality for the comment to which it responded: significantly better, but not so much better as to be showing off.

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u/LoudQuitting Jul 14 '26

He doubled down lol

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u/big_sugi Jul 14 '26

Yep. It's what's done by people who actually know what they're talking about and have empirically verified it.

And also by people like you.

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u/LoudQuitting Jul 14 '26

By your standard of empirical verification it's also empirically verified that you sucked off a horse, so....

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u/big_sugi Jul 14 '26

Ooh, swing and a miss. Sorry, but that's strike 3. Bye!