/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15175647
No

>>15175647
It's just the name of some guy who's supposed to be the authority on pasta. Personally, I don't trust him.

i hate homemade pasta since it's never al dente.

does al bundy mean crunchy?

>>15175665
Strain it a little bit before you think it should be strained, immediately shock it with cold water, heat your sauce in a separate pan and throw the cold noodles in, they'll get hot in a couple of minutes. Wa la. You can make individual portions this way and save noodles for later, for other dishes, so you're not just eating the same leftover dish.

>>15175647
Obviously no. It's much closer to "chewy" but really refers to the state of just not being flaccid.

>>15175658
I went to school with Al Dente, the boy would just not stop talking about spaghetti.

>>15175696
>flaccid
Op's pic really got to you didn't it?

>>15175647
Al dente is when you undercooked pasta and want to save your face.

literally means "to the tooth". that means the pasta is cooked but still pretty firm when you bite it

>>15175647
What the fuck is it with people and preferring "aL dEnTe"? The fucking name literally means undercooked. UNDERcooked. Not perfectly cooked. And it's only something you can do with boxed pasta. It strikes me as one of the lowest class preferences you could ever have yet it's supposedly fancy. How is this not the biggest meme in cooking? Or do you all just really like pasta sticking to your teeth that much and completely ruining a dish?

>>15176851
Making that much of a big deal about a texture you don't like is unironically a sign of autism, not joking

>>15175771
I enjoyed the wordplay.

>>15176864
no shit faggot, you all have the autism

>>15176864
>having any sort of dedication to your belief system is a sign of autism

>>15176851
>The fucking name literally means undercooked. UNDERcooked.
No it doesn't, you turbo retard.

"Al dente" literally means "to the tooth" and refers to the fact that this food has a toothsomeness to it.

>>15176874
If your "belief system" revolves around pasta being slightly too chewy for your preferences, then yeah

>>15176851
it doesn't mean undercooked, it means "to the tooth". It means there is thickness, not crunch or any dried parts to the pasta. It is cooked so there is bite to it, not so it just disintegrates in your mouth. If it is sticking to your teeth, it is undercooked or extremely overcooked. If it;s cooked the right way, it should have a good surface for holding onto sauce and be pleasantly comfortable to bite.

>>15176878
okay EINSTEIN

Who's this lad Al Dente? Does he have connections to Al Qaeda?

>>15175665
>customer complains that the fresh pasta isn't al dente
>customer complains that the caesar salad has raw egg in it
>customer complains that the osso bucco isn't served with a knife

>>15176903
fresh pasta can be al dente. I think Mario Batalli did a rant about it.

>>15176888
>>15176878
Time to pick your italian textbook back up, billy
>dente = teeth because dentist!!
american education, everyone

No

>>15177459
I didn't have an option for learning italian in school since Italians are irrelevant.

>>15177459
Yes you retard, it comes from the Latin "dentum"

The etymology is shared with English words like "dentures" and "dental"

>>15177497
american education

>>15177459
Yes you retard, it comes from the Latin "dentem"

The etymology is shared with English words like "dentures" and "dental" as well as the Spanish "dientes"

>>15175647
No, it means chewy without being gummy, mushy, sticky, or crunchy. It is a delicate balance.

>>15177508
had to delete your last post cause you were too embarrassed? americans, lol

>>15177459
Dente means tooth in Italian

>>15177642
?

I am an American and you are wrong about your etymology. I don't understand why you think I am "embarrassed."

>>15175658
Based Chef Boyardee Anon.

>>15176851
>faggot likes his pasta all mushy in his mouth
you are either a baby or a gummy geriatric

Al dente is another word for undercooked. I want my pasta soft and mushy.