# Pasta **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [December 11, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868 "2019-12-11T15:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/1 "2019-12-11T15:38:47Z")
Wife swears blind you should always put olive oil in water when cooking pasta as it stops it sticking. I swear blind it makes no difference and just makes cleaning the sieve just that bit more difficult. What’s the consensus? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/2 "2019-12-11T15:40:30Z")
Complete cowboy shit. You’re 100% right and she’s 100% wrong. Ride away clean. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/3 "2019-12-11T15:41:50Z")
Invoice her for the oil she’s wasted over the years. ---
**Author:** ![ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ultimateLAD)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/4 "2019-12-11T15:44:21Z")
Makes no difference when cooking but a lot of people pour olive oil over once cooked because it stops it sticking and it tastes really good. ---
**Author:** ![ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ultimateLAD)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/5 "2019-12-11T15:46:34Z")
Main thing I think British people don’t do is to put enough salt in when cooking. The water you boil the pasta in should taste like sea water. ---
**Author:** ![judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/judithpriest/32/37_2.png) [@judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/judithpriest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/6 "2019-12-11T15:48:20Z")
i don’t bother with olive oil but a wee hack i’ve seen recently is putting a couple of tablespoons of the pasta water on top after its been drained (put it in a glass or something) ---
**Author:** ![ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ihatethegeneralpublic/32/4656_2.png) [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/7 "2019-12-11T15:52:30Z")
I used to add olive oil but stopped bothering and noticed no difference. Cool story eh?! ---
**Author:** ![Haven\_Hamilton\_Official](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Haven\_Hamilton\_Official](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Haven_Hamilton_Official)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/8 "2019-12-11T15:52:33Z")
I’ve heard this before but never had an issue of pasta sticking together ever so haven’t even thought to try it Saving pasta water and adding to sauce/ pasta combo is a winner though, helps sauce stick to pasta ---
**Author:** ![pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/pigdog237/32/349_2.png) [@pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/pigdog237)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/9 "2019-12-11T15:52:42Z")
I always put Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the water, not to stop it sticking, but to raise the boiling temperature, which makes the pasta _al dente_ a bit quicker! Also, tastes slightly better… ---
**Author:** ![pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/pigdog237/32/349_2.png) [@pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/pigdog237)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/10 "2019-12-11T15:54:19Z")
…I did see some celebrity chef on TV saying it was waste of good olive oil though. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/11 "2019-12-11T15:56:01Z")
> [@pigdog237](#): > > …I did see some celebrity chef on TV saying it was waste of good olive oil though. It is. You must stop this. Or just pour your nice oil straight into a food bin. It’s the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ultimateLAD)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/12 "2019-12-11T15:56:11Z")
Oil won’t lower the boiling point because oil and water don’t mix. Salt is the way to do that and it makes the pasta taste good too. ---
**Author:** ![pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/pigdog237/32/349_2.png) [@pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/pigdog237)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/13 "2019-12-11T15:56:49Z")
PS. I thought this was going to be about the Paul Schmitt Nine Club where he was talking about moving Schmitt Stix to California. He mentions someone’s name, which I couldn’t work out what he said, so I turned on Youtube subtitles. It translated it as PASTA. I listened for a while longer and realised he was talking about the Bay Area, so deduced he was talking about Fausto… ---
**Author:** ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/14 "2019-12-11T15:58:55Z")
Salt \> oil. ---
**Author:** ![pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/pigdog237/32/349_2.png) [@pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/pigdog237)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/15 "2019-12-11T15:59:32Z")
I think I might’ve accidentally flagged Les’s comments. ---
**Author:** ![pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/pigdog237/32/349_2.png) [@pigdog237](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/pigdog237)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/16 "2019-12-11T16:01:58Z")
> [@ultimateLAD](#): > > Oil won’t lower the boiling point because oil and water don’t mix. > > Salt is the way to do that and it makes the pasta taste good too. Definitely tastes nicer - I add a tiny amount of salt, plus a fair bit of black pepper, which makes yer eyes hurt! I usually have a very minimal amount of sauce on my pasta. _My cooking skills are very low…_ ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/17 "2019-12-11T16:03:22Z")
> [@pigdog237](#): > > I think I might’ve accidentally flagged Les’s comments. A penne for my thoughts at this difficult time ---
**Author:** ![ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ultimateLAD)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/18 "2019-12-11T16:09:12Z")
Salt is good because of osmosis - it keeps the paster firmer when boiling and speeds up the cooking time. There’s no need to add anything else to pasta water you can add whatever you like afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ultimateLAD)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/19 "2019-12-11T16:18:00Z")
Oh and I was wrong - adding salt raises the boiling point it doesn’t lower it. So your water takes longer to boil but boils a little hotter. This is a really great thread. ---
**Author:** ![judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/judithpriest/32/37_2.png) [@judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/judithpriest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868/20 "2019-12-11T16:22:47Z")
i’m fond of a tagliatelle lately, impress that dinner party by twirling it on a carving fork for a little ball. if im making pasta for lunch its going to be conchiglie. [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/pasta/868.md?page=2)