/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13817587
>sauce

Fuck off.

>>13817587
No reason. Retards just like to pretend that it makes the pasta taste better, but that may only be true if you eat it induced, and undrained.

>>13817595
>*un-sauced

>>13817587
It's the only time you can actually season the pasta itself.

>>13817606
Why is that necessary?

>>13817615
So that the pasta is seasoned.

>>13817587
It raises the boiling point of the water so it doesn't all evaporate

>>13817616
For what reason? Seems like a useless step.
>>13817617
>It raises the boiling point of the water so it doesn't all evaporate
By how many degrees fucko.
>Mfw it's insignificant

>>13817623
>For what reason?
If you don't season the pasta it's going to be bland. You can coat in the most flavorful sauce after the fact, but it's still going to be flavorless pasta covered in sauce. It makes a difference. Maybe just try it and you'll see.

>>13817625
>Maybe just try it and you'll see.
Exactly my reason for not salting pasta.
In fact I'll let you in on a restaurant secret that I found out about in Italy.
>Running hot sink water over a strainer full of pasta until it cooks
wala

>>13817587
It's useless step. Only pretentious twat doing it.

>>13817630
Oh, I'm kind of drunk. Didn't realize you were just shitposting.

>>13817636
>shitposting
Mfw I was being serious

>>13817630
>>13817636
>>13817638
We had baskets similar to image, but with bigger hooks to rest in the sink for pasta.

>>13817638
It's kind of like not salting beans when they're cooking. You end up with bland beans that have to be compensated for by oversalting the broth/gravy.

>>13817649
Bullshit. Seems like an old wives tale instead of a fact.

>>13817652
its not

>>13817723
It is. Maybe you should have someone conduct a blind test for you.

>>13817606
Tall tales. You season the pasta AFTER youve drained the water.

>>13817758
What

>>13818243
What what? Use a colander to drain the water, then salt the pasta. Done.

>>13817606
what about after it's out of the water?

>>13817587
dried pasta absorbs the flavor of the water it's cooked in, if you cooked it in chicken stock it'd taste like chicken

and the salinity of the water helps it cook faster due to less salt in the pasta

you were supposed to learn osmosis in fucking 8th grade dude

>>13818552
>add salt
Would that work?

>>13818654
If the pasta is supposed to be saltier there should be more salt in the pasta already. If you need to save time on a three minute process there is something wrong with you.

>>13818861
>If chicken is supposed to be eaten cooked then it should be cooked when I slaughter it already.

>>13818878
Youre being silly now anon. and im glad you missed out by 1.

>>13818914
Pasta comes unsalted so you can season the way you want or eat bland pasta if that’s what you like

>>13818861
consider life responsibility

>>13818861
Anon, you genuinely might be better off finding the nearest Chinese person and asking them to spit in your mouth. Holy fuck you're so god damn retarded it's amazing.

>>13817727
I always do. I sometimes put less salt in water and *everybody* can tell. So the reason you can't are
> You have a clinical problem
> You are shitposting
In any case you should stop visiting /ck/

>>13818861
salt has chemical properties that change the dough, if you have to dry it.
It's not just a matter of taste, like putting sugar in cakes.

You should know all this things already if you are above 20 and not retarded

Keep the noodles from sticking together cooklets

salt is a flavor enhancer that's why you put it literally everywhere including sweets
you salt both the pasta and the dressing their own moderate amount
if you salt the pasta after it will not mix and will just be flavorless with an aftertaste of salty or vice versa

>>13817587
Seasons the pasta

>>13819786
What

I thought it was for boiling point elevation, so your water can get hotter before evaporating and cook the pasta faster.

>>13817623
>For what reason?
white people baka

Salted pasta tastes better. And no I'm not going to respond to any brainlet replies I get

>>13821126
Weird, I thought it lowered the boiling point so it would boil faster and cook quicker.

>>13821126
Yes but italians would rather say that they salt their pasta after cooking than to admit that their mothers are shit cooks.

Salt makes the pasta taste better but putting in a pinch does absolute fuck all. Dump in like a teaspoon instead.

>>13817587
Literally just a meme for "salt goes on everything" retards

>>13817587
that's not how you do it

>>13818861
So based that everybody who responds to you sounds like a primal lifeform. I hope to be like this one day.

>itt cooklets

Because if you season every element of a dish correctly it comes together better than overseasoning one element.

So none of you assholes have studied cooking long enough to learn that the salinity of the ocean is how you're supposed to cook pasta? Jesus Christ. Ferran Adria will pour boiling Kraft Dinner on your balls in hell.

>>13821668
>Ferran Adria will pour boiling Kraft Dinner on your balls in hell.
Nope, Nigella Lawson will do that to me in heaven

>>13821358

You mean "salt goes on everything" CHADS.

>>13817587
My uncle used to season his pasta with salt during the cooking process then videotape himself sexually abusing me. Absolutely horrified that he published it online and I'm famous amongst the pedophile community.

Seasoning water for rice with a chicken stock cube is delicious.

>>13821668
>the salinity of the ocean is how you're supposed to cook pasta

Human blood has the same salinity as the oceans. Or maybe it's human cells. At any rate, the human body precisely regulates the level of sodium in itself, assuming an adequate supply, which is why we crave salt.

All those morons who tell you to limit your salt intake failed freshman Biology. If your body could not precisely regulate the sodium level you would not live long. If you find the taste of salt to be undesirable then you are getting plenty. If you love to eat salt straight out of the shaker then you need to add more to your diet.

Wait 50 years and the medical/nutritional establishment will own up to this, but overturning religious dogma is always a slow process.

>>13817617
>>13817623
Based retards. It lowers the boiling temp

>>13817587
Makes it boil faster. Introducing ionic bonds to water, which is mostly hydrogen bonds, lowers the specific heat.

>>13822753
lmao. Heat makes water boil faster.

>>13822741
It actually raises the boiling temp, but it lowers the amount of energy needed to get to the boiling temperature so the time for water to boil decreases.