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Pasta al-mushy
I had just dumped the spaghetti into the boiling water. Phone rang... I had to leave the house "right now" ! What to do ? I turned off the stove, put the lid on the pot, and went out. When I came home ( half hour later ) the pasta looked "cooked"..... So I drained, sauced, served. I've never been a big fan of "al-dente" But now I know what "al-mushy" is like. YUK ! Is there any way I could've saved this spaghetti ? I'm thinking it woud've been bettter to just toss it, and start over.... ??? <rj> |
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:26:07 -0700, "<RJ>" > wrote:
> >I had just dumped the spaghetti into the boiling water. >Phone rang... I had to leave the house "right now" ! >What to do ? > >I turned off the stove, put the lid on the pot, and went out. > >When I came home ( half hour later ) >the pasta looked "cooked"..... >So I drained, sauced, served. > >I've never been a big fan of "al-dente" >But now I know what "al-mushy" is like. YUK ! > >Is there any way I could've saved this spaghetti ? >I'm thinking it woud've been bettter to just toss it, >and start over.... There is no saving pasta that is over cooked. Should have just started over.  -- Siobhan Perricone Humans wrote the bible, God wrote the rocks -- Word of God by Kathy Mar |
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>Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> >On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:26:07 -0700, "<RJ>" > wrote: > >> >>I had just dumped the spaghetti into the boiling water. >>Phone rang... I had to leave the house "right now" ! >>What to do ? >> >>I turned off the stove, put the lid on the pot, and went out. >> >>When I came home ( half hour later ) >>the pasta looked "cooked"..... >>So I drained, sauced, served. >> >>I've never been a big fan of "al-dente" >>But now I know what "al-mushy" is like. YUK ! >> >>Is there any way I could've saved this spaghetti ? >>I'm thinking it woud've been bettter to just toss it, >>and start over.... > >There is no saving pasta that is over cooked. Should have just started >over. The question was how he *could've* saved it. 'Stead of just turning off the heat and running off *could've* quickly drained the pasta and gave it a quick toss with a bit of oil to keep it from sticking (leave the oiled pasta it in the colander, in the sink)... then start the cooking again later... pretty much how lots of restaurants do. Naturally if yer running off to an emergency, like someone's bleeding to death, then well, screw it, pasta is cheap. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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>Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> >On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:26:07 -0700, "<RJ>" > wrote: > >> >>I had just dumped the spaghetti into the boiling water. >>Phone rang... I had to leave the house "right now" ! >>What to do ? >> >>I turned off the stove, put the lid on the pot, and went out. >> >>When I came home ( half hour later ) >>the pasta looked "cooked"..... >>So I drained, sauced, served. >> >>I've never been a big fan of "al-dente" >>But now I know what "al-mushy" is like. YUK ! >> >>Is there any way I could've saved this spaghetti ? >>I'm thinking it woud've been bettter to just toss it, >>and start over.... > >There is no saving pasta that is over cooked. Should have just started >over. The question was how he *could've* saved it. 'Stead of just turning off the heat and running off *could've* quickly drained the pasta and gave it a quick toss with a bit of oil to keep it from sticking (leave the oiled pasta it in the colander, in the sink)... then start the cooking again later... pretty much how lots of restaurants do. Naturally if yer running off to an emergency, like someone's bleeding to death, then well, screw it, pasta is cheap. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:26:07 -0700, "<RJ>" >
wrote: > >I had just dumped the spaghetti into the boiling water. >Phone rang... I had to leave the house "right now" ! >What to do ? > >I turned off the stove, put the lid on the pot, and went out. > >When I came home ( half hour later ) >the pasta looked "cooked"..... >So I drained, sauced, served. > >I've never been a big fan of "al-dente" >But now I know what "al-mushy" is like. YUK ! > >Is there any way I could've saved this spaghetti ? >I'm thinking it woud've been bettter to just toss it, >and start over.... >??? Yes, toss it and start over. Once it gets to that point, there's nothing you can do with it; it will only get worse. Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
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>(Curly Sue)
> >>"<RJ>" wrote: >> >>I had just dumped the spaghetti into the boiling water. >>Phone rang... I had to leave the house "right now" ! >>What to do ? >> >>I turned off the stove, put the lid on the pot, and went out. >> >>When I came home ( half hour later ) >>the pasta looked "cooked"..... >>So I drained, sauced, served. >> >>I've never been a big fan of "al-dente" >>But now I know what "al-mushy" is like. YUK ! >> >>Is there any way I could've saved this spaghetti ? >>I'm thinking it woud've been bettter to just toss it, >>and start over.... >>??? > >Yes, toss it and start over. Once it gets to that point, there's >nothing you can do with it; it will only get worse. Yeah, but... that wasn't the question... the question was what COULD'VE been done OTHERWISE to PREVENT the pasta from overcooking, something besides just turning off the heat and walking out the door while the pasta soaked in hot water for who knows how long. I suggested draining and oiling... but even if one is in a super hurry, pouring a few cups of cold water into the pot to stop the cooking may have saved the pasta from total disaster depending how far along it was cooked at the time. And the way some folks pasta results no matter they weren't disturbed, a disturbance may result in an improvement. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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