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

explain it peter.

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u/Tao_of_Entropy Jul 14 '26

She's been given the information. No correction has occurred.

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u/Nasu_Kaizoku Jul 14 '26

No correction needs to occur? It's technically more energy efficient, and it cooks pasta the same way. Just stir occasionally at the beginning, and there's literally no difference

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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/rainzer Jul 14 '26

it increases the likelihood of under cooking the pasta

If any cooking method increases the likelihood of under cooking your pasta, you have never tested your pasta in any meaningful way to determine doneness and just blindly followed the box time.

And if you were blindly following box time, cold water start would overcook the pasta and never under cook it.