ACK!

[bubbles83]

Meaghan is making pasta and she put the noodles in before the water started boiling. ACK! I'm going to go crazy. Help me out here people. Do you put the pasta in before or after the water starts boiling

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[alwayzaqt523.livejournal.com]

You're supposed to put the pasta in after the water begins to boil. Often, you put a little bit of salt in the water to speed up the boiling process.

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

Oh thank god. I was afraid I'd just been making pasta like a freak all this time.

[morebrianplease.livejournal.com]

Ok technical way of boiling pasta is to first boil the water, and then add the salt. The salt gives the pasta more flavor, and if you add it before the water is boiling then it will sink to the bottom and put spots on the bottom of the pot. When you add the salt to the boiling water and it goes WHOOSH, then you add the pasta at that moment.

[alwayzaqt523.livejournal.com]

meh, if you add the salt once it starts bubbling a bit, but before it actually starts boiling then it won't stick to the bottom, but technically Brian is correct.