Seems I have a one-track mind lately.
Click here to read a Times piece from today about pasta.
Pasta has been on the Owen table oh, three of four recent nights. (Plus I went out for a friend's birthday on Monday to an Italian place.) Just this morning on the radio, the helpful hints guy (what is his name?) said pasta sales are up lately because it's cheap and it's a great comfort food. Good reasons, both, in this bad economy.
Then last night, Mr. Owen said he'd heard you shouldn't put olive oil in the water as it's boiling. (This is something I do religiously, after time spent separating sticky noodles.) "They" (the experts) say the oil separates the sauce from the pasta. My thoughts? It's going to get separated in your stomach anyway.
Rebuttals?
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Staffer Mom puts olive oil in the water -- we watch her every time she's in the kitchen. Uncle Mike's logic is somewhat sound, but we like putting oil in the water because the pasta doesn't stick to the floor when we dive on it to eat it.
I hate clumpy noodles-- I add oil.
Leslie
No oil! No way. A sprinkle of salt. Then mix the pasta into your sauce quickly. Unless you are just tossing your pasta into olive oil and herbs. Then it doesn't matter.
I'm pro olive oil for almost anything.
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