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by toyg 1919 days ago
> Don't wash your pasta after cooking

Does anyone do that...? Why would you wash something you just boiled?
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aidenn0 1919 days ago
To stop it from cooking. If you take it out at exactly the texture you want, it will be mushier than you want if you don't wash it with cool water.
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