In article >,
Goomba38 > wrote:

> John Gaughan wrote:
>
> >
> > Normally I boil it until al dente, rinse in hot water, and toss
> > in olive oil.
> >
>
> WHY? That's all I wanna know.. WHY would you rinse in *any* pasta that just
> boiled in water?? It just makes no sense to me whatsoever.
> Goomba
>

'cause it tastes "cleaner", at least to me.
Keeps it from being as sticky, sticking to itself.

That's the only reason I do it. :-)

Depends on how much water I used and how starchy the boiling water gets.
I don't rinse 100% of the time.

Now I use rice or corn pasta, and I never have to rinse corn pasta. :-)
De-bohls is great for coeliacs.......

--
Sprout the Mung Bean to reply...

>,,<Cat's Haven Hobby Farm>,,<Katra at centurytel dot net>,,<
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra