| To counter-balance the all-new political thread, here's what I hope will be a really harmless thread. I know that there are people trowing away the pasta water, and others that keep it to reuse it for other recipes. What is your take on this? I personally throw it away. |
| Yeah, I guess it's perfectly normal thing to do. |
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| throw away Gween_Gween said: no, still one of the better definitions of fascism I've seen today thoughthrowing all water is fascist, you should use a bit of it to thicken the sauce |
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| Never considered drinking pasta water so far, it's always poured away. |
No, this isn't my signature. |
As has been said, it is better to use some of it to thicken your sauce and make sure it sticks to the pasta, thanks to the starch on the water.  |
AuronJan 27, 10:37 AM
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| It gets thrown away, but maybe I could drink it? |
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Reply to Gween_Gween
throwing all water is fascist, you should use a bit of it to thicken the sauce
| @Gween_Gween Is it really fascism if throwing the water was democratically chosen by all members of a household? |
| Just cook pasta in whatever else you are cooking then it absorbs all the sauce. |
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Zarutaku said: Never considered drinking pasta water so far, it's always poured away. Kwanthemaster said: It gets thrown away, but maybe I could drink it? What!? I never said anything about drinking it! It's mostly used to thicken sauces or if you want to make bread with it. |
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Zarutaku said:
Never considered drinking pasta water so far, it's always poured away.
Never considered drinking pasta water so far, it's always poured away.
Kwanthemaster said:
It gets thrown away, but maybe I could drink it?
It gets thrown away, but maybe I could drink it?
What!? I never said anything about drinking it! It's mostly used to thicken sauces or if you want to make bread with it.
| Oh really @fleurbleue? I usually save some and put it back in during my pasta recipes, but I didn't realize it adds to the pasta sauce. Thanks for the tip! |
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| Throw away. I`ve got to feed the sewer life forms. |
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| Pasta, huh? Do you have a problem with non-American/European cuisine? |
Reply to fleurbleue
Zarutaku said:
Never considered drinking pasta water so far, it's always poured away.
Never considered drinking pasta water so far, it's always poured away.
Kwanthemaster said:
It gets thrown away, but maybe I could drink it?
It gets thrown away, but maybe I could drink it?
What!? I never said anything about drinking it! It's mostly used to thicken sauces or if you want to make bread with it.
| @fleurbleue I don't know how to bake good bread and I'm not gonna make a liter of sauce for each load of pasta, besides adding water thins down a sauce, to thicken it needs to contain less water. |
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Pasta, huh? Do you have a problem with non-American/European cuisine?
| @149597871 How did you come to the conclusion that I might? |
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Oh really @fleurbleue? I usually save some and put it back in during my pasta recipes, but I didn't realize it adds to the pasta sauce. Thanks for the tip!
Fario-P said: Hey now, I have never done it myself! Don't come and blame me if you don't like it!!I usually save some and put it back in during my pasta recipes, but I didn't realize it adds to the pasta sauce. Thanks for the tip! |
| I personally think keeping pasta water is disgusting, and reusing it is unAmerican. Probably. |
| I have no enemies so I throw it away, otherwise I would load it into a water pistol and shoot my enemies down, never let them know your next move. |
| I'm worse. I don't own a stockpot, so I use a frying pan and there's barely any water when doing it that way, so I just toss the water down the sink afterwards. Reminds me that I do have spaghetti that I should be making... Probably will do that today. |
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| I do throw most of it away but i save a cup for said pasta dish. I hear it makes the sauce and the pasta mix better |
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I personally think keeping pasta water is disgusting, and reusing it is unAmerican. Probably.
SuperAdventure said: Does it mean that throwing away the water is a patriotic gesture? Do you make a salute while pouring the water? reusing it is unAmerican |
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SuperAdventure said:
reusing it is unAmerican
Does it mean that throwing away the water is a patriotic gesture? Do you make a salute while pouring the water? reusing it is unAmerican
| @fleurbleue No I was thinking more around the reuse thing. Reusing dirty water when more clean water is readily available |
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@fleurbleue No I was thinking more around the reuse thing. Reusing dirty water when more clean water is readily available
| @SuperAdventure Now that I think about it, the Americans in the ISS continually reuse and filter their urine to make water, so it is not totally unAmerican to reuse dirty water (but calling pasta water dirty is kinda mean to the pasta though). |
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@SuperAdventure Now that I think about it, the Americans in the ISS continually reuse and filter their urine to make water, so it is not totally unAmerican to reuse dirty water (but calling pasta water dirty is kinda mean to the pasta though).
| @fleurbleue Well they're on the ISS so they get a pass And anyway, the water we all drink is technically re-filtered from piss anyway, so I don't know. I do not hav bad feelings against pasta, I love it and make it constantly. But pasta water is ick, I even skim off the white froth that floats on top. I don't go so far as rinsing the noodles (I guess that's a thing with some people) but reusing the cloudy water YUCK! No way. |
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Fario-P said:
I usually save some and put it back in during my pasta recipes, but I didn't realize it adds to the pasta sauce. Thanks for the tip!
Hey now, I have never done it myself! Don't come and blame me if you don't like it!!I usually save some and put it back in during my pasta recipes, but I didn't realize it adds to the pasta sauce. Thanks for the tip!
| I already said I do that, @fleurbleue, after I'm done boiling the pasta, I save some of the water from the colander and use that pasta water to add to the broth if it's too dry or would benefit from extra sauce. That's how I usually like to make pasta for the past year or two, anyway ^_^ |
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| Throwing away your pasta water is wasteful and strange. I save my pasta water and bathe in it like a normal person. |
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| I throw most of it away, just leaving a enough in to spread the sauce better. |
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I already said I do that, @fleurbleue, after I'm done boiling the pasta, I save some of the water from the colander and use that pasta water to add to the broth if it's too dry or would benefit from extra sauce. That's how I usually like to make pasta for the past year or two, anyway ^_^
| @Fario-P Sorry, me dumb dumb, me not reading right (but thanks for the further explanations!) |
Reply to StewedBeefHaunch
Throwing away your pasta water is wasteful and strange. I save my pasta water and bathe in it like a normal person.
| @StewedBeefHaunch You must like really love pasta if you make enough of it to fill your bath in cold pasta water on a daily basis! |
| People actually keep their pasta water? Weird. Only time I use pasta water is when I'm making carbonara. |
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