On 2012-12-13 22:02:18 +0000, sf said:

> On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:21:11 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2012-12-13 21:00:11 +0000, sf said:
>>
>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:20:47 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>>>
>>>> These may well be minor distinctions. I cook my pasta al dente to eat
>>>> it, so I think it will be fine to plop it in the bowl about the way I
>>>> cook it anyway. I haven't got pasta mushy in a hell of a long time.
>>>> Maybe never.
>>>
>>> What happens to the pasta you let swim overnight in your soup?
>>
>> Actually that wasn't my point or question. The consideration was how
>> hard/al dente the pasta is when I pour soup over it. I never really
>> addressed the idea of putting all the pasta into all the soup.
>
> You brought up uncooked, I didn't.

If hard/al dente is "uncooked"; yes I brought it up and you didn't.