On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:27:24 -0800 (PST), val189
> wrote:


>I once visited a new bride who was attempting to cook spaghetti in ONE
>INCH of WATER. The contents of 1 pound BOX of spaghetti was lying in
>a tight bundle on the side of the pot. I screamed I guess without
>thinking and had her add more water immediately. Didn't she ever see
>her mother boil pasta?
>
>Someday I'll have to try her method just to see what happens, but I
>hate to waste the power, time and the pasta. .

No, don't try it like that, it really *will* be terrible. You can make
pasta though (not spaghetti, short pasta like penne) like risotto, and
it's very good.

Nathalie in Switzerland