Does spaghetti cook faster with the temp @ 100C or @ over 100C?!
Does spaghetti cook faster with the temp @ 100C or @ over 100C?
Forgive me for wording this question.
I'm confused because I know that the BP for water is @ 100C
Answers:
I would set it for above 100C for the following reasons: I believe you're talking about the knob settings on your stove. The settings for above 100C would be for oils and things that can get hotter than 100C.
If you set the control at 100C, once the pasta's water temperature reached 100C, the flame would start changing as the temperature hovered right about there. If you set it above 100C, the flame will stay at a consistently high level, which is what you want for pasta.
I believe this will result in the pasta cooking a bit faster, because you'll be able to maintain a good rolling boil.
I assume you are boiling the pasta.
Water cannot exceed the boiling point. Therefore, the pasta will cook in the same amount of time.
i dont know the knobs on my stove are graded from low to high not in degrees celcius or farenhiet
If you cook it in a pressure cooker the boiling point of water can be raised above 100C, and I imagine it would speed up the cooking process for spaghetti. It does for vegetables - the faster cooking time is supposed to leave more of the vitamins and minerals intact.
Cooking spaghetti fast improves it's texture, so it's a good idea.
The only way for water to exceed 212 degrees fahrenheit (100 degrees celsius) is to use a pressure cooker.
But, why bother? It takes just as long to cook pasta on the stovetop in a regular pot as it does to get a pressure cooker up to pressure.