"aem" > wrote in message
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> On Feb 1, 3:57 pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
>> Christopher M. > wrote:
>> >Sometimes I forget to add salt. Can I add the salt after I put the pasta
>> >in,
>> >or will the salt stick to the pasta and make it very salty?
>>
>> There is no need to add salt in the first place.
>>
> Pasta cooked in salty water tastes better than pasta cooked in plain
> water. Easy enough to validate--just make two batches, drain and
> taste test. I would think you can add the salt any time shortly
> before or after you put the pasta in, as the volume of water is large
> compared to the size of the pasta. -aem

True. And it's not like it's going to absorb much when it first enters the
water anyway, if it's dried pasta.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)