Adding oil to water?!


Question: Adding oil to water!?
Have you ever heard that adding oil to the water to boil your pasta helps keep the water from boiling over!? I have read up on the fact that it DOES NOT have any benefit where the pasta sticking together is concerned, but I am curious if there is a benefit as far as the water not boiling over is concerned!. Any other reasons that one might add oil to the water to boil pasta!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
no!. its completely stupid and a waste of time!. i use the same recipe that has been pasted down for many, many years and no one has ever put oil in the water!. just add a lil sauce into the pan after you strain it to keep the noodles from sticking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, I have done it!.!.!. and if you use the correct amount of water in your pot and keep it boiling at the right level, then it is unnecessary!. But if you are boiling your pasta in too small of a pot (because you don't have one bigger or something) then a little bit of oil in the pot can help if you stir it in every once in awhile to keep "sticky pasta" from clumping!.

But the best benefits of oil are to toss the pasta in a little of it after you cook it to keep it from sticking!.!.!.

***ADDED Some people keep saying how the oil keeps the pasta from absorbing the sauce and they don't like that!. I can understand in some cases why that would be bad, but there are cases when I don't want the pasta to absorb the sauce so fast!. Sometimes I like to get a good bite of creamy or velvety sauce with my pasta, but it absorbs the sauce so fast that I get the flavor without the texture (or I have to pour on so much more sauce and calories to get the texture I want!.) So, it can be good to "oil" the water or pasta if you are wanting to have a good sloppy sauce around the pasta!. I know the Italians don't do it that way, but to each his own okay!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think you've answered your own question!. The reason for it IS so that the water doesn't boil over!.

Water alone won't boil over/foam, but when you add pasta to the mix, it's a completely different story!.

A better alternative to adding oil to water that you are going to boil pasta in is adding salt!. It won't make the pasta slick and pasta sauce will stick to the pasta easier!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You know thats funny you ask, I just saw my mom add oil to her spaghetti noodles today and I was like why are you putting oil in there!? She told me it helps them so they don't stick together when you drain the wather!. So I guess the reason for oil in water in pasta would be so it doesn't stick together!. I've never heard of the boiling over, if your water boils over you either have too much water or you need to turn the heat down!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If you add oil to pasta it stops the sauce from sticking to the pasta!.

If your pasta sticks together, you need to use a bigger pot!.

There are no benefits at all!. Turn your stove down, use a bigger pot or less water if the water is boiling over!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It is actually bad to add oil to the pasta water because it will coat the pasta so that when it is mixed with the sauce it will not absorb it as well!. Most great chefs will tell you skip the oil but keep the salt!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Adding a tiny bit of olive oil to your boiling pasta will keep it from sticking together !.!.!. I don't know why you say it doesn't work !.!.!. I do it all the time and it works!. It also tastes better to me!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I have read that it helps the water not boil over, but I've never tried it!. It seems like a waste of oil to me--I can keep an eye on the pot!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

you add oil to pasta water to keep the pasta from sticking together!.

Don't believe everything you read or hear!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I use just a bit of olive oil and salt to flavor the noodles during the boiling process!.!.!. I also use it to keep my noodles from sticking together!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I've seen on Rachael Ray that also adding oil splits up the pasta from each other without breaking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Adding oil to pasta water will make it more slippery and the sauce will not stick to it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I know spraying the side of the pot with a non-stick cooking spray (like Pam) will keep it from boiling over!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

if ur pasta is sticking top the pot while its cookin u shud use a bigger pot and use more water!.!.!.!.!.using oil wont really do much of anythingWww@FoodAQ@Com

i don't use it cuz when i parsley my pasta the oil makes the spices not stick!.!.!. i don't find a benefit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it gives it more flavaWww@FoodAQ@Com

well it gives more flaver and it is very tastey make the greaseyness of it really good!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

the oil just keeps it from sticking to the bottom of the pot nothing else!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

So they won't sink to the bottom and stickWww@FoodAQ@Com

yes thats a great way of doing itWww@FoodAQ@Com





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