• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    You don’t even need to be Italian to understand the logical flaw in breaking spaghetti. There are countless forms of pasta, in varying shapes and sizes. Why buy a long pasta, like spaghetti, only to break it into shorter pieces? Just buy Fideo cut.

    If you want spaghetti, but don’t own a large pot, just buy or make fresh spaghetti. It’s softer than dried spaghetti, so it will go right into the water no problem.

    • variants@possumpat.io
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      5 months ago

      You could also just let half of the noodle cook in the water a bit to get soft as you press the rest in and it’ll curve until its all submerged, then you can add your Vienna sausages and ketchup to finish it off

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          5 months ago

          The alternative you offered is a shitload more work. Someone willing to break their spaghetti in half to fit their pot is really fricken unlikely to decide that spending an hour making fresh pasta is a better option than just ending up with “uneven” pasta.

        • Setarkus.LW@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          In my experience, that takes at most 30 seconds until they’re all submerged. Are we talking about really tiny pots, very long spaghetti, or such a short cooking time that the difference is noticeable?

          To be fair, I personally like to let spaghetti boil a long time, but I’ve also never heard of anyone around me having problems with uneven cooking