• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    And then we have sauces. Italians usually keep it simple with a handful of ingredients, and Americans add milk/cream, sugar, cheese, or anything else that sounds good. Americans also go overboard on the sauce, so you get a lot less of the pasta flavor

    What the fuck Americans?

    (yes, pasta has flavor, y’all need to add salt to the water).

    Wait do Americans not do that? In that case I have to thank Italian Reunification for giving the Middle East real pasta.

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      11 hours ago

      Most pasta in the US suggests to salt the water when you boil it, I don’t think many Americans do. My mother didn’t, at least.

      This may be a result of the war on salt that came from heart disease concerns of the 80s/90s.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      Yeah, a lot of people just toss the pasta in bong boiling water and pull it out when it’s soft. Sometimes they’ll add oil to stop it from sticking (due to overcooking already soft pasta), and they’re shocked when I tell them they need to add salt.