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Cooking & Baking

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9. I like my pasta cooked.

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 03:07 AM

Dec 2012

I cut into a piece of pasta to see if the middle is done. If it's not I boil the stuff longer. I want to eat pasta - not choke on it.

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Confession: I HATE Pasta Cooked "al dente" [View all] LancetChick Dec 2012 OP

Some people think "al dente" means it aint cooked in the middle Warpy Dec 2012 #1

ROFL! SoapBox Dec 2012 #2

I'm with you! I like some of the sauce to be absorbed by the pasta, Laurian Dec 2012 #3

The more common reasons for this Tab Dec 2012 #10

I'm with you! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #4

Me too. The way some talk, you might think... TreasonousBastard Dec 2012 #5

Glad to hear I'm not the only one! LancetChick Dec 2012 #7

LOL... SoapBox Dec 2012 #11

I totally agree! bif Dec 2012 #8

I like my pasta cooked. Lugnut Dec 2012 #9