Hi Alex and others, My pasta pot is one of the best investments I ever made. It's great for pasta - also for shrimp boils (with shrimp, potatoes & corn all cooked together in the same pot, and for innumerable other large cooking tasks, and it's so much safer to lift the colander out of the pot, let it drain back into the pot and then pour the pasta into a waiting bowl than to try to do this over the sink!
I got mine many years ago at Costco, and I'm pretty sure that Dale sells them at Blind Mice Mart. Penny On 1/23/15, Alex Hall via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > Getting the pasta into the strainer has always been a challenge for me. An > insert that I can just lift up and that would already have my pasta, but let > the water drain, actually sounds like a really handy thing for me. This > might not be what you're talking about, but if it is, I can actually see a > use for it. If you have tips on not getting noodles outside your colander, > please share them. As I said, I've always had trouble with that. >> On Jan 23, 2015, at 8:39 PM, brenda mueller via Cookinginthedark >> <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: >> >> Look, guys, >> >> You don't need all this fancy stuff. You just bring the water to a boil, >> drop the broken up spaghetti in the pan, and test it with a fork. Now >> while you're waiting, get out your strainer. When the spaghetti is the >> right consistency, put it in your strainer, How do you know when it's >> right? You catch a spaghetti with a fork and taste it, of course. and go >> from there. It shouldn't take much more than five minutes or so for >> cooking. Pasta pot? give me a break. I haven't waisted my time buying >> one. >> Brenda Mueller >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Paula and James Muysenberg via >> Cookinginthedark<cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org, Nicole Massey >> <ny...@gypsyheir.com >>> Date sent: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:43:18 -0600 >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] spaghetti questions >> >>> Hi, all, >> >>> My name is Paula. I just joined yesterday, and am looking >> forward >>> to learning from everyone. I've already gleaned some great tips >> on >>> cooking spaghetti from y'all, even though I've been preparing it >> for years. >> >>> I want to mention to Leslie, that if you have difficulty >> cutting up >>> cooked spaghetti, as I do, you can break up the pasta before you >> cook >>> it. I get a few spaghetti noodles in my hands, hold them over a >> bowl or >>> plate, and break them into two or three pieces. You can do this >> while >>> your water is heating. It doesn't take long, even if you're >> making a lot >>> of pasta, because you can break up severl at once. >> >>> Paula >> >>> On 1/22/2015 9:09 AM, Nicole Massey via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>>> I was told by the ex-boyfriend of a friend of mine, who was >> wrong in just about everything else, that to measure spaghetti in terms of >> number of people you grab a bunch of spaghetti in your dominant hand, >> with your thumb and index finger circling the pasta. If the ring puts >> your fingernail at the first joint of your thumb that's pasta for one, the >> second joint is pasta for two, and the end of your thumb is pasta for >> three. I've found this works well. Some may say that this varies depending >> on how big your hands are, but the assumption is that the smaller the >> hands the smaller the appetite, so you may want to vary it a bit, deciding >> if you want a loose or tight hold on the pasta. >>>> The pasta pot uses less water than you think it does, so trend >> your water level down a bit. Don't put oil in the water, as it'll prevent >> the sauce from sticking to your pasta, and don't salt the water until it's >> boiling or it'll take longer to reach a boil. >>>> Sauce is a matter of preference, and it depends on if you want >> the spaghetti drenched in sauce or if it's just a flavoring element, and >> also on how much other stuff you choose to put in it, like chopped up >> vegetables. I find that three or three and a half minutes in the microwave >> is often enough to heat sauce, so unless you're going for presentation you >> can heat it in the bowls you're going to serve in. >>>> And of course, YMMV, as in all things cooking. >> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] >>>>> On Behalf Of Holly Anderson via Cookinginthedark >>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 8:49 AM >>>>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> Subject: [CnD] spaghetti questions >> >>>>> Hi all. Today Iâ EURO (tm)m going to attempt something Iâ EURO (tm)ve >>>>> never >> done before, >>>>> spaghetti. I know its kind of sad. Iâ EURO (tm)m making spaghetti for 2 >> people. >>>>> I have a spaghetti cooker, it has a section with holes inside a >> pot >>>>> that the spaghetti goes in. So when I lift the section with the >> holes >>>>> out of the pot the water will drain from the spaghetti. My >> questions >>>>> are: >>>>> 1. How long do I cook he noodles? >>>>> 2. This one is probably depending on how much we eat. but Iâ EURO (tm)m >> not sure >>>>> how much to make for 2 people. >>>>> 3. I have a jar of meat sauce, do I just put it in a pot not he >> stove >>>>> and simmer, how long do I cook the sauce, and how much sauce for >> 2 >>>>> people. >> >>>>> I know these questions seem basic, but Iâ EURO (tm)m new to all this. >> And it >>>>> might just be a trial and error type thing, but Iâ EURO (tm)m kind of >> nervous. >>>>> Any help would be really appreciated. >> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Holly >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
