The Isolated Blurt Thread XXIII: For Argument's Sake; Why Do Humans Feel Compelled...

[Lyricalli]

She could cook me and eat me. I would just be happy to be in her moth.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I'm on both Team Oil And/Or Salt.

Adding oil makes it slippery - the sauce doesn't cling right, or so I've found.

What happens if you're using aioli sauce, though? Will a singularity open up?

 

[Emerson40]

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

You've never heard 'slam your oily noodle in my moth' before?

 

[trysail]

Spaghetti con burro, for god's sake.

We don't (want or) need no stinkin' oil or (even worse) sauce.


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[Que]

I always add a little so the water doesn't boil over.

This was the reason Mom gave for why she does it. Obviously it doesn't do anything if your rolling boil is violent enough to find its way out of the pot but what it does is prevent those foamy bubbles from forming.

It does work, however:

Srsly? I've never heard of using it for that reason. I just know the old wives tale that's been going around for years and years about oil preventing your pasta from sticking. That's totally false and a waste of money - and a rumor that was probably started and promoted by food network and olive oil companies alike.

As others have said, the pasta hold the sauce better if the noodles are not slippery. You get around the entire problem by using a monstrously large pasta pot. Water is cheap and as long as you have the time to bring it to a the initial boil,a larger pot of water will to take the same time to cook.

The "will it stick to the wall" test for al dente pasta won't work if it's covered with olive oil. of course al dente means "to the tooth" so one should actually just take a bite.

 

[AllyRose]

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/028e5625b6f2e9cefef5eae16c599a09.png

 

[Saint Peter]

Pasta is the last thing you fuckers need.

 

[pointless]

jessica jones is actually pretty good, but i do find it weird that it took her until the third episode to take anything besides her pants off to have sex. i am beginning to think that krysten ritter has a dead fetus attached to her or something.

also, on a side note: this is the first time i've actually liked krysten ritter in something. i think it's the tank tops. i'm a simple man.

 

[Sean]

Cold be utter BS, but it was how I was taught.

And yes always al dente.



http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/oil-and-defoaming.shtml

Um, I'm thinking the oil will form a thin film on the top of the water. I seem to remember an experiment from school that used that exact technique to measure the volume of an oil drop.

 

[Sean]

jessica jones is actually pretty good, but i do find it weird that it took her until the third episode to take anything besides her pants off to have sex. i beginning to thing that krysten ritter has a dead fetus attached her or something.

also, on a side note: this is the first i've actually liked krysten ritter in something. i think it's the tank tops. i'm a simple man.

Worth the d/l then?

 

[Lyricalli]

Spaghetti con burro, for god's sake.

We don't (want or) need no stinkin' oil or (even worse) sauce.

Also delightful. Yes, please.

You've never heard 'slam your oily noodle in my moth' before?

No, I haven't. I'm not hip. It's nice to have you guys to help educate me.

 

[Saint Peter]

Science is hard and shit.

 

[MonaLittle]

Um, I'm thinking the oil will form a thin film on the top of the water. I seem to remember an experiment from school that used that exact technique to measure the volume of an oil drop.

And some ppl around here think science is useless.

 

[pointless]

Worth the d/l then?

i'd say it's on par with daredevil so far, so yeah. totally worth it.

 

[Lyricalli]

jessica jones is actually pretty good, but i do find it weird that it took her until the third episode to take anything besides her pants off to have sex. i beginning to thing that krysten ritter has a dead fetus attached her or something.

It is; I've been enjoying it.

Pasta is the last thing you fuckers need.

Ah, but it's about desire. Because, damn, that's some good stuff.

 

[Que]

Pasta is the last thing you fuckers need.

plain old semolina pasta is not any good for me at my age now, but they make pasta from all kinds of other things including lentils that have low carbs and high protein.

The texture and flavor off of that but pasta is just a sauce delivery system anyway.

 

[yossi]

Pasta is the last thing you fuckers need.

We aren't really talking about pasta.

 

[MonaLittle]

Science is hard and shit.

Scientists and those who use it are Hawt.

Just sayin.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/028e5625b6f2e9cefef5eae16c599a09.png

https://49.media.tumblr.com/f49c15319448f09fb7b83b1eae210885/tumblr_n1bkruwS5Y1tsa1opo1_500.gif

 

[yossi]

I wonder if Thanks for Sharing is any good. I don't know how I missed it.

 

[yossi]

http://i.imgur.com/I3Iwza1.gif

 

[pete]

And some ppl around here think science is useless.

clearly those fools should be beaten, with undercooked noodles

(unless they were being sarcastic, of course).

 

[Not Normal]

Exactly.

All that's needed is a large pot of boiling waster and good old salt.
I make all my pasta homemade and have never listened to the oil in the water thing. I've never had a prob with stickiness.

*unless we aren't really talking about pasta here.

Exactly.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luo5s8jq9O1r2o04io1_250.gif

 

[Jennifer]

Science is hard and shit.

No!

The maths are hard.

 

[pete]

i'd say it's on par with daredevil so far, so yeah. totally worth it.

on par with 'daredevil' sounds like a great reason NOT to download

but that's just me