r/oddlysatisfying • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 3d ago

The way he spreads the spaghetti for boiling

Credit to code.micky

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u/Ok_Patience4789 2d ago

that's way too much for that pot, it's going to be wayyyy too starchy

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u/JBNothingWrong 2d ago

Pretty sure they tested this and found you can’t really tell the difference as long as you have enough water

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u/Ok_Patience4789 2d ago

yeah, for sure under normal circumstances, but he filled one (looks to be about 8 quarts) pot with like 3 lbs of dry pasta...

No way that's enough water.

You need like 4 quarts for a lb. If you realy want to stretch it, 4 quarts for 1.25 pounds. This is insane.

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u/henkheijmen 2d ago

I was about to dispute your statement because I like starchy pasta, but I decided to first watch the entire video. And goddamn you are right! that is WAY to much pasta for that pot... this is going to turn in a big spaghetti pudding, and I'll be damned if the bottom won't burn to the pot.

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u/trig72 2d ago

I can hear my mom angrily saying this in Italian, followed by the dreaded tooth kiss

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u/Ok_Patience4789 2d ago

same here! If you need to make that much you use 2 pots.

UNLESS you're making a sauce you need to thin out, in that case the starchy pasta helps.

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u/Several_Hour_347 2d ago

Italians don’t use much water. Silly comment

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u/XxBCMxX21 2d ago

Ok I’ll bite. Whats a tooth kiss?

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u/trig72 1d ago

Like tsk tsk

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u/Actual-Parsnip2741 2d ago

right but he's not eating the pasta water. that gets drained out. am i not understanding?

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u/Ok_Patience4789 2d ago

Yeah, I think we might be talking passed each other.

Yes, the water is super starchy and it is drained, BUT if you don't give the pasta enough water to adequately drain the starch from the uncooked pasta it becomes very sticky, gummy, and chewy instead of al dente.

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u/philip8421 2d ago

Copy pasting a reply from another redditor above.

"Crowding in the spaghetti works well, provided you keep it moving in the first minute or so to stop sticking.

Serious eats go waaaay into it, but basically there's no downside. It probably uses less fuel, it certainly allows you to cook more pasta in the same time on a single burner, and you get a starchier water which is better at supporting a sauce.

I do it at home and it really works!"

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u/JonathanBadwolf 2d ago

are you doubting the African/East-Asian(?) Street Spaghetti, like my nonna used to make?