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Default Cooking pasta with salt and water

On Feb 1, 5:54*pm, "Christopher M." >
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> 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?
>
> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)


Nahhh, the salt will still dissolve in the water and then soak into
the pasta as the pasta cooks. Of course the sooner you put the salt in
the water, the more of it will end up IN the pasta.

John Kuthe...