Soak spaghetti in cold water?!


Question: Soak spaghetti in cold water!?
Instead of cooking pasta, will soaking it in cold water eventually soften the noodles!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Nope!. they are all wrong!. You need to boil the pasta (unless its no boil) because there is starch in the pasta and it has to reach a certain temperature to "set" or gel!. So if you just soak the pasta the starch will never gel!. I worked on pasta for a large food company for about 10 years!.

PhD Food Chemistry and Nutrition!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yes it will but it will take awhile its better to soak it in hot boiling water for around 5-10 mins then soak it in cold waterWww@FoodAQ@Com

yes it wiil!. it will make it taste bad but it will!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'm guessing it probably would at some point in time!. But it would take realllyyy long!. And probably not taste as good!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No it will not!. It works with rice noodles but not flour!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It will but they will taste ghastly!Www@FoodAQ@Com

i guess so but how long will that take!?!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

I've never tried that one!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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