/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.8345198]

ITT: indisputable food facts

If there are two things I know for sure in the food world, it's that:
1 - pasta should always be fresh made, never dried
2 - pasta should always be al dente

[Anonymous No.8345221]

Huh?

[Anonymous No.8345239]

>>8345221
Some retard Italian who thinks he knows how to cook pasta because he's Italian despite being culinary inept and close-minded.

[Anonymous No.8345266]

>>8345221
>>8345239
What's so hard to understand? Pasta should always be fresh, never dried, and it should always be cooked al dente. How could I possibly say it any simpler?

[Anonymous No.8345273]

>>8345266
you could say "eyy I'm italiana"

[Anonymous No.8345279]

>>8345273
But I'm not. I'm an American of German and English ancestry.

[Anonymous No.8345311]

>>8345279
Guido plz

[Anonymous No.8345329]

>>8345198
>2 - pasta should always be al dente
Dumb greaseball.

[Anonymous No.8345340]

>>8345311
But all Italians take extreme pride in being Italian and would never deny it. Checkmate, atheists.

[Anonymous No.8345366]

>>8345279
It's a good thing you're too autistic to breed

[Anonymous No.8345381]

>>8345366
Why can't anyone just discuss the topic? Why are you all just shitposters? Is it Australian posting time or something?

[Anonymous No.8345428]

>>8345381
>muh al dente
>anything worth discussing

[Anonymous No.8345442]

Polish here, why would you not want noodles al dente when you strain? Less and they're gross and crunchy, more and they're mushy.

You guys realize the noodles still cook due to heat and humidity, and then further cook with the sauce, right? Like, unless you're rinsing the noodles off for a pasta salad or something, they'll be perfectly cooked by the time you eat. It's the same concept of letting any meat rest before serving. I don't get what's so hard to understand.

[Anonymous No.8345448]

>>8345428
Found the Australian.

[Anonymous No.8345590]

>>8345448
Even worse; I'm a Swede.

[Anonymous No.8345614]

3. Pasta should always be mixed with sauce prior to serving

[Anonymous No.8345653]

>>8345279
>of German and English ancestry
Where's that 1/16th cherokee, you massive faggot?

[Anonymous No.8345685]

>>8345442
>it's okay to use the n-word when you're not American

[Anonymous No.8345694]

>>8345685
I don't even know what you're trying to communicate to me. You have a problem with me saying noodles?

[Anonymous No.8345703]

>>8345198
1: No, fresh is ten times better, but dry is quick and still acceptable.
2: yes, anyone saying otherwise is a literal child.

[Anonymous No.8345714]

indisputable food fact:

pasta is a name for several types of noodle

[Anonymous No.8345718]

>>8345685
>>8345694
He's American, don't mind him. That's the extent of his intelligence

[Anonymous No.8345732]

>>8345653
Ew what the point of a hotdog if you can't it it like a hotdog?
just leave out the buns and the the mash of ingredients on a plate.

[Anonymous No.8345734]

>2016
>literally still falling for the al dente meme

[Anonymous No.8345944]

>>8345279
>MUH HERITAGE

[Anonymous No.8345973]

>never dried
literal retard

>always al dente
literal retard

[Anonymous No.8346843]

>>8345653
Nowhere. although my grandpa was born in Mexico.

[Anonymous No.8346852]

>/ck/ knows so little about food that they don't realize fresh pasta can't ever possibly be al dente, only dried can
Now I know never to trust your faggot ass opinions on anything ever again.

[Anonymous No.8346866]

>Cook to taste.
>Disregard screeching autists on the internet about how you shouldn't like what you like.

[Anonymous No.8346872]

>>8346866
it was a bait thread, stupid
see:
>>8346852

[Anonymous No.8346944]

I hate Al dente pasghetti. I like al dente Penne, but I hate it when you italians make my pasghetti all chewy. Needs to be soft and buttery and slirpy

[Anonymous No.8346952]

Al dente pasti = si
Al dente tortellini = no

[Anonymous No.8347478]

>>8345442
This fucking guy gets it. I seriously don't understand people who hate all dente

[Anonymous No.8347486]

>>8346852

I was wondering if this was the bait. I thought i was just shitty at making fresh pasta.

[Anonymous No.8347527]

>>8345653
Avocado, Parmesan, Sweet Mustard and Jalapeño are a great combo for hot dogs.

Chimichurri complements ANY meat.

[Anonymous No.8348087]

>>8347486
It's astounding/embarassing how little /ck/ actually knows about cooking.

[Anonymous No.8348122]

>>8345198
Can you cook fresh pasta al dente? I'm sure you need dried pasta to have a firm centre.

[Anonymous No.8348524]

>>8345442
>Noodles
He's cooking pasta you fucking stupid fuck. Now unplug my toilet Marcin

[Anonymous No.8348765]

>>8348524
>arguing semantics

Embarassing.

[Anonymous No.8348788]

I don't understand what al dente means. Does it just mean properly cooked pasta? If pasta cooked more than al dente is mushy and less is too hard, obviously al dente is the correct place to cook it to. Why is this worth arguing about

[Anonymous No.8348958]

>>8345198

Nice bait.

[Anonymous No.8348979]

Al Dente's shit is overpriced. I just get store brand.

[Anonymous No.8348984]

>>8345198
The truth about pasta

http://mobile.nytimes.com/1997/09/17/dining/italy-truth-about-pasta-italians-know-that-less-more-call-for-return-basics.html

[Anonymous No.8349551]

I kind of like pasta that is just a tad overcooked.

[Anonymous No.8350256]

>>8345590
You made me laugh. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.8350262]

I agree with point 2, not point 1. There aren't many more disappointing things than over cooked pasta

[Anonymous No.8351105]

The nice thing about at dente pasta is that when you strain it and drop it into what ever saucepan you have your sauce simmering in it likes to soak up a bit of the flavor of the sauce and lend a little of it's starch to the it. I believe al dente is the correct cooking time for most pastas. I am in agreement about fresh as well, except that I cook for 4 almost nightly and it's just not feasible.