tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post1543268717084846455..comments2024-03-20T16:59:59.486-04:00Comments on The View from My Italian Kitchen: Please Don't Break the PastaRon Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889299300426900456noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-73341757629681465622024-01-18T22:46:02.265-05:002024-01-18T22:46:02.265-05:00When you are only cooking the pasta for ten minute...When you are only cooking the pasta for ten minutes 30 seconds is a 5% difference Certainly that will make the ends of the pasta 5% harder than the remainder That’s just simple math So for people saying it makes no difference What about the argument that breaking pasta in half makes no difference ? <br />Either way it’s not being done properly The instructions say to boil the pasta for 10-12 minutes ALL of the pasta Not to leave an inch of it sticking out and clearly not being cooked for 30-45 seconds <br /><br />Sorry but I just think breaking it in half changes the pasta less than cooking it unevenly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-81317652220498399932024-01-18T22:42:52.062-05:002024-01-18T22:42:52.062-05:00It doesn’t change the pasta It’s just over sens...It doesn’t change the pasta It’s just over sensitive Italians wanting to yell at something There is no way that two halves of the same thing is not 99.9999999% the same as when the two halves are put together <br /><br />The components don’t change It makes no difference Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-60705255191908938132023-10-18T23:21:21.587-04:002023-10-18T23:21:21.587-04:00Thank you for sharing your culinary expertise, and...Thank you for sharing your culinary expertise, and I'm excited to explore more of your recipes in the future. If you ever want to enhance your cooking experiences with some great deals, "<a href="https://www.frugalishness.com/new-born-baby-clothes/" rel="nofollow">New Born Baby Clothes</a>" is a resource worth checking out.Ashlee Rolfsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066073147667336746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-66780579994684931072023-08-02T07:45:17.993-04:002023-08-02T07:45:17.993-04:00I break spaghetti. Fight me.I break spaghetti. Fight me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-25642245768751210632023-03-29T12:50:03.871-04:002023-03-29T12:50:03.871-04:00Thanks for this! I needed empathy and you gave it...Thanks for this! I needed empathy and you gave it to me. My wife and I just ate at an “Italian” restaurant that served us fettuccine with broken pasta! 3 inches long. I’m still bothered by it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-88206879035125173842022-10-29T18:09:46.802-04:002022-10-29T18:09:46.802-04:00short strands: for a thermos presentation in grade...short strands: for a thermos presentation in grade school lunchboxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-9830887390394968422022-07-08T21:27:30.678-04:002022-07-08T21:27:30.678-04:00One more note…
In a French kitchen, you never mak...One more note…<br /><br />In a French kitchen, you never make gravy, you make sauces.<br /><br />The five mother sauces include béchamel, veloute, espangole, hollandaise, and tomato sauce.<br /><br />Every sauce falls into one of the five mother sauce categories. Which means there are only variations of 5 sauces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-35162636589660260162022-07-08T21:20:57.407-04:002022-07-08T21:20:57.407-04:00I call it macaroni as well and everyone looks at m...I call it macaroni as well and everyone looks at me and says stupid stuff like, “I don’t want Kraft.” Pasta is a super broad term. Spaghetti is a very specific shape of a macaroni pasta. It’s that simple. People can track these dog breeds but think all pasta is the same. Love me some Glass noodles, a non-macaroni pasta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-91162601942975675082022-07-08T21:17:56.549-04:002022-07-08T21:17:56.549-04:00Responded to by an Italian. Break it if you want. ...Responded to by an Italian. Break it if you want. I never do, unless I need to eat on the go. 5,000 calorie a day intake means I am almost always eating (only 165 pounds).<br /><br />Why do so many people care about what strangers do in their own homes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-5931556015684365642022-07-08T21:15:25.162-04:002022-07-08T21:15:25.162-04:00The blackened cheese on their homepage made me gag...The blackened cheese on their homepage made me gag and to screenshot the name so I never go there. Cheese should NEVER be cooked past a light golden color. The big US pizza guys always burn theirs, as does almost every Italian-American ristoranté.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-53427451658236932142022-07-08T21:11:31.706-04:002022-07-08T21:11:31.706-04:00I don’t care what you say, keep you salt out of th...I don’t care what you say, keep you salt out of the water!! Especially if you are using a tomato sauce. Tomatoes are extremely high in sodium without tasting like salt, which is a flavor I very much dislike.<br /><br />I personally never break my pasta, but… Break it if you want. There is no mystical force that exists to cause you bad luck. <br /><br />As far as pasta etiquette, that really only matters to the pretentious. Shorter noodles don’t affect the sauce retention. They can be eaten much quicker without making a mess at all. I want my last bite to be just as yummy as the first hot bite.<br /><br />“If it is fun and it don’t hurt no one, why not!?” - Grand-mah Naked Mole Rat (written by Mo Willems)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-82412889887643930842022-06-27T19:18:18.593-04:002022-06-27T19:18:18.593-04:00I've just got out of the longest Twitter DM co...I've just got out of the longest Twitter DM conversation I think I've ever had because of this subject and I made all the points you raised, so I'm happy that I fought our corner.<br /><br />However, I do have a kitchen hack that should satisfy both camps. Take it or leave it...<br /><br />As you're heating the water up, lay the spaghetti across the saucepan. By the time the water is boiling, the spaghetti will be soft enough to simply bend it into the pan, no problems, and no effect upon the finished product.<br /><br />If that's too much work for recidivist spaghetti-breakers, maybe they oughtta try these: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/E-cAAOSwuU9dRPXg/s-l640.jpgStackpoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543074714681574063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-72353573089206821122022-02-16T21:11:20.193-05:002022-02-16T21:11:20.193-05:00One reason why my dad thinks you should break the ...One reason why my dad thinks you should break the pasta is "it cooks evenly" as if 25-30 seconds is going to make half of your patsa softer than the other half. Thankfully, me, my brother, and my mother (the only one's in the family who cook right) know better than to break itMG42noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-91716108283813915722021-08-19T06:07:06.577-04:002021-08-19T06:07:06.577-04:00I can relate to this post so much! What do you thi...I can relate to this post so much! What do you think of this: <a href="https://www.villaromanaliverpool.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">villaromanaliverpool.co.uk</a>Georgia Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581924113317553987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-46461653338908211722020-11-30T20:34:54.347-05:002020-11-30T20:34:54.347-05:00For my four Italian immigrant grandparents, who im...For my four Italian immigrant grandparents, who immigrated in here in the mid 1920's, it was gravy. Also, when they talked about pasta in general it was macaroni, not pasta. It wasn't until the late 70's, when I was nineteen, did I start saying tomato sauce & pasta to sound like my non-Italian friends. <br /><br />I don't know why it was macaroni instead of pasta, but I was told once about gravy. My nonna (my mom's mom) corrected me, when I once corrected her on her terminology for tomato sauce. She looked at the tomato sauce in her big pot, that was cooking slowly, for hours, on her stove top, and said "No. That is gravy. That is not sauce. A sauce is different from gravy. Gravy I put meats into it & I cook it real slow. Marinara are a sauces, which are quickly made." <br /><br />Please understand that every region of Italy has different types of food. Just like we do in the states. One thing that is standard, as it is for most European countries, the ingredients are super fresh making the food delicious. Angie 1997https://www.blogger.com/profile/15007461240578761360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-50649545025246648432020-04-04T22:38:15.978-04:002020-04-04T22:38:15.978-04:00Figured done for size of pot cooking it in. Enjoy ...Figured done for size of pot cooking it in. Enjoy twirling in fork, and getting more sauce of coarse. Pops never broke it. Mom did always. Funny. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005365964600950052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-90560759022068427192019-08-08T08:20:16.928-04:002019-08-08T08:20:16.928-04:00when you break the spaghetti it is no longer spagh...when you break the spaghetti it is no longer spaghetti but chef boy ar dee quality. You are lucky Julius Caesar is still not around or you would be publicly flogged and placed in the stock for the public to ridicule. posted by an Italian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-56165229353001573192018-03-02T16:17:15.387-05:002018-03-02T16:17:15.387-05:00I hope you can sleep at night, you sadist! :-p :-)...I hope you can sleep at night, you sadist! :-p :-)Ron Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889299300426900456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-55077223834260046652018-03-02T10:19:13.855-05:002018-03-02T10:19:13.855-05:00Don't care. lol My wife cooks everything but t...Don't care. lol My wife cooks everything but the pasta dishes in our house and I break the pasta every time and will until I die. 5"-6" pasta noodles is how I like it. They can make pasta noodles as long as they want and I'll still break them into 5"-6" long strands. I revel in your self-righteous misery! Muwahahaha :)Chris Senneffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133780418836241499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-47185370763907169722017-05-05T12:34:30.788-04:002017-05-05T12:34:30.788-04:00I just watched an episode of King of Queens and ju...I just watched an episode of King of Queens and just saw Remini break a pack over the pot.<br />Thanks to this article I realized I have gladly been doing it right and I cut the cooked pasta for my kids until they turned 5. Phew!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975807569327272850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-50043941889418123442017-02-15T20:15:40.851-05:002017-02-15T20:15:40.851-05:00thank you for settling an argument I was just havi...thank you for settling an argument I was just having with my boyfriend. I was raised to believe that breaking pasta is sacrilege, as well as baaaaad luck. Personally, on the few occasions I've been forced to choke it down as a guest in other people's homes, I found it to be very starchy, & unpalatable (possibly not so much due to the breakage, as the fact that anyone who would dare break pasta is most certainly a terrible cook, & probably doesn't use enough water in the cooking pot, &/or overcooks it!) regardless, blech! Ptuey! Never trust a pasta breaker. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470015091109186959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-65630056062703938682016-04-29T19:48:37.490-04:002016-04-29T19:48:37.490-04:00Love, love LOVE!! I've been arguing with my hu...Love, love LOVE!! I've been arguing with my husband about this for years...and I have been telling him over and over that you "just don't" Thanks for giving me a great, cheeky article to read to him about it :)kelzannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03283253964229209281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498827268565630489.post-61686297727846318322015-10-20T17:24:20.250-04:002015-10-20T17:24:20.250-04:00Absolutely agree and thinking what this poor pasta...Absolutely agree and thinking what this poor pasta did to people that they have to break it???<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com