• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Lifehack for cooking spaghetti in a tiny pot like that:

    1. Take however much you want to cook out of the package and hold it in one bundle in your hand.
    2. Set it down vertically in the middle of the pot.
    3. Now, let it go with the tiniest amount of spin. With a bit of practice and luck, it should fall outwards in all directions, forming a spiral of spaghetti.
    4. Once the spaghetti become soft, you can start pushing them inwards into the water much sooner, because they’re not at such a harsh angle to the wall of the pot.
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        9 hours ago

        Okay, well, maybe you could’ve told me then. I had to find that out myself…

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      22 hours ago

      It’s easier for me to put my spaghetti in a blender before cooking. It allows for the spaghetti to all cook together at the same time, with a consistency making it perfect to drink my refreshing pasta on warm Summer days on the deck.

    • Dragonstaff@leminal.space
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      18 hours ago

      Alternatively, grasp the bundle with both hands, close to the middle. Rotate your wrists quickly in opposite directions to exert enough sheer force to cleave the spaghetti in twain.

      I don’t know why, but the outcome is tastiest if you Robot Chicken an Italian grandmother to watch you do it.