"ChattyCathy" wrote in message
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Heh. I am talking store-bought (dried?) spaghetti here.... so sue me!

The cooking "destructions" say that it should be cooked in boiling
(salted) water (with a tablespoon of oil added to the water) for 10-12
minutes...

Yeah right!

Mine always takes *at least* 25 minutes before it's "al dente" i.e. it's
not "soggy".
And yes, before anyone asks, the water is *boiling* the whole time...

Uhhh...10-12 minutes? 25 minutes? I generally use angel hair or fine pasta
and it takes perhaps 3 to 4 minutes to make it the way I like it, and I am
guessing that regular sphaghetti would take 6 to 8 minutes, as my guideline
for cooking pasta is to take the time it says on the package and subtract 3
or 4 minutes from that.

Brian Christiansen