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Default Cooking pasta with salt and water


"Christopher M." > wrote in message
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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?
>


As long as the salt is added by the half way cooked point it comes out just
fine. You really do need salt otherwise the pasta is quite bland and flat
tasting. The water should have a slightly salty taste too it, not quite sea
water strength.

Paul