2007-12-08 11:01:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
You should put about a quarter cup of salt into your boiling water before adding the pasta. Be sure to rinse your pasta well afterward, because that much salt left on the food will not be a good thing.
2007-12-08 11:07:13 · answer #1 · answered by correrafan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You never want to add oil to your cooking water for pasta - it will prevent your sauce from sticking to it. Add only salt and bring to a boil - make sure the pan is plenty big and that you are leaving about an inch and 1/2 space to the top of the pan. If you still have trouble, moisten a paper towel with oil and wipe around the rim of the pan - this will keep the starch from foaming over the pan without actually adding oil to your water.
2007-12-08 19:33:41 · answer #2 · answered by samantha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water will sometimes boil over because organic materials that leach out of the cooking potatoes or pasta disrupt the tight mesh of water molecules at the surface of the water, making it easier for bubbles and foam to form
Drop a teaspoon of olive oil into the pot. The oil won't mix well with the water, and many tiny oil droplets are formed. The oil droplets at the surface act as bubble breakers. When a bubble of foam starts to form, it encounters an oil droplet. The part of the bubble that encountered the oil droplet has a much different surface tension than the rest of the bubble, and the stress pops the bubble before it gets very large.
A little dab of butter or vegetable oil will work just as well
2007-12-08 19:06:56 · answer #3 · answered by hillbilly_cupcake 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the starch in the pasta has something to do with it, but adding a tablespoon or so of vegetable oil to the water will prevent boiling over.
2007-12-08 19:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by Michele R 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because of the starch in it
to prevent it from foaming, keep an eye on it.
but it depends on the pasta because some like macaroni, has to be stirred up a lot
2007-12-08 19:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The salt is so it wont boil over and the cooking
oil is so the pasta wont stick together.
2007-12-08 19:19:20 · answer #6 · answered by popo dean 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when it starts boiling over add salt it will instantly slow the boiling salt raises the boiling point of water read up on your chemistry
2007-12-08 19:10:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use a little olive oil and salt in the water
and buy a nice quality pasta
2007-12-08 19:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by Silly1 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
little secret I learned from Girl Scout camp, set a greet twig over the pot and it won't boil over.
2007-12-08 20:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by heart_my_poppy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋