Cooking thread: Add salt/oil to boiling water when cooking pasta?

[spidey07]

I put in about a pound of saffron per gallon of water. Anything less would be... uncivilized.

Saffron rice is food of the gods. Laugh all you want, but that little 99 cent package of saffron rice is freaking amazing. We bought some saffron to make it at home and it is out of this world.

 

[Howard]

Saffron rice is food of the gods. Laugh all you want, but that little 99 cent package of saffron rice is freaking amazing. We bought some saffron to make it at home and it is out of this world.

I posted that comment before you posted your thread, so it's not a mockery of your thread.

 

[spidey07]

I posted that comment before you posted your thread, so it's not a mockery of your thread.

Your comment sparked my thread, made me think of saffron rice goodness. You know good eats, and your pound of saffron is worth...30,000 dollars?

 

[virtuamike]

Just salt. If pasta sticks, use a bigger pot.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Anyone that uses oil in the water for their pasta is a clueless idiot.

 

[Howard]

Anyone that uses oil in the water for their pasta is a clueless idiot.

Well, that's mighty kind of you, sir.

 

[PowerYoga]

salt only. Oil after you strain the pasta if you want it but not necessary. The way to make pasta not stick is to use more water when cooking... not oil in the pot which does absolutely nothing besides make your pot harder to wash.