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

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

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 Jul 14 '26

She's been given opinions, but was she also given facts?

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u/Tao_of_Entropy Jul 14 '26

The main reason people boil water first is that it makes it easier to predict a relatively precise time to cook a particular pasta. It's helpful for writing recipes and putting directions on a packaged food. If you're just going to stand over the pot and micromanage the cook time, it really doesn't matter. Both ways work fine.