On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:09:20 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> 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.

I said "barely cooked", not uncooked. IOW: When given a time range,
choose the least amount of time for it to spend in the hot tub.

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