"George" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> But there are lots lame "tips" such as that that get printed in >
> newspapers or appear on websites to fill space but don't really have any
> grounding.
>
> If you want a great pasta dish you immediately add the drained pasta that
> has been cooked in salted water to the sauce or dressing. This
> accomplishes two things. The pasta absorbs the sauce and it doesn't stick
> together. You can observe anyone who knows how to prepare quality pasta
> and they will use this method. As far as adding extra richness the classic
> method is to drizzle a little quality olive oil on the finished dish. None
> of this is complicated or fancy and dishes are done this way millions of
> times each day.
>
> Adding oil while cooking the pasta lowers the quality of the dish because
> the oil coats the pasta and prevents the sauce or dressing from being
> absorbed into the pasta and this is even true when the sauce is olive oil
> + spices etc because you >want the pasta to absorb the infused >oil.

Bravo George and thank you. Furthermore, when people do add oil after
cooking, it isn't boiled oil.