i can't disagree more,

background.

as a child my aunt was married to an it family before she married she had to
learn to cook mmaammaas way or no aprooval, she did, one glug of oo per
boiling salted pan...

fast forward, both from dh and grandfather, still oo but a bit less...

why it makes a difference, oil does add to taste of pasta and as grandfater
w says, when you put the pasta on the plate, if its drowning the pasta its
too much, there should be just enoughe sauce to decorate the plate not cover
or drown, he said use bread to get the left over sauce, but still not much
sauce...

just culteral and taste i guess.

Lee
"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Sorry, but just becanse grandma did it doesn't make it right. Oil added
> to the cooking water simply makes the pasta slippery. That's nice for
> when you drain it, but no good sauce will cling to it. And what is the
> point of pasta if not a good sauce? Just salt the water prior to cooking
> the pasta and forgoe the oil. Please It's a mistake we all make. Our
> grandmother did it, therefore our mother did it, therefore we do it. Hey!
> Break out of the box sometime!
>
> It reminds me of a television show (8 Simples Rules), I've been seeing
> re-runs lately. It's a parable. The woman's mom kept cutting off the end
> of the roast. She asked her mother why and she said "because grandma
> always did." She asked her grandma and she said "Because your great
> grandmother always did." She went to her great grandmother and asked,
> "Why do you always cut the end off the roast?" The reply: "Because I
> didn't have a big enough pan." LOL
>
> The lesson.... break the spaghetti to fit your pan, add to boiling salted
> water and forget what you were told about adding oil.
>
> Jill
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>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>> the dh's grandfather was cicilian, sp he always salted the water and put
>> in oil, Lee
>> "Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:17:12 -0500, Polly Esther wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No twirling here. I break vermicelli into short pieces and toss it
>>>>> into
>>>>> boiling salted water with a splash of olive oil. Not really sure why
>>>>> I add
>>>>> the olive oil; must be just doing what Granny did. Polly
>>>>
>>>> Unless you're making aglio olio, oil in the water prevents sauce from
>>>> sticking the pasta. Never use oil in the water or rinse your pasta.
>>>> IMO.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>> Yes. I've read that but ignore the premise. Maybe the olive oil (and I
>>> can say it without calling it evoo and giggling) gives the pasta a bit
>>> of flavor? Polly
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