On 11/8/2018 9:30 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 11/8/2018 6:58 AM, Pamela wrote:
>> On 16:23Â* 4 Nov 2018, Sqwertz > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:38:15 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>> Only way I could see buying that was if I wanted it for a lunch at
>>>> work where it is not easy to cook pasta.Â* Usually I'd just bring it
>>>> from home as leftovers.
>>>
>>> I always cook up extra pasta so I can make other noodle dishes or
>>> sides quickly within the next 10 days or so.Â* Carbonara, pesto, or
>>> simple garlic buttered parsley noodles are a few of my standbys. Right
>>> now I have extra cooked farfalle in the fridge (as well pasta salad
>>> from the farfalle)
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> I think re-heating pasta from the fridge is a desperate measure. The al
>> dente bite is lost.Â* Unless it's coated in an oily sauce, it clumps
>> together.
>>
>> Why bother when it only take minutes to make freshly cooked pasta?
>>
> I don't make extra plain pasta but nor do I toss the uneaten.Â* It gets
> put away for another meal or for lunch the next day.Â* Usually it will
> have sauce on it though.

Yeah, I don't get the "desperate measure" premise. I've never had
leftover refrigerated pasta clump together. Nor does it need an "oily
sauce". <shrug>

Jill