"Kent" > wrote in message
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> "Christopher M." > wrote in message
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>> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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>>> Christopher M. > wrote:
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>>>>Sometimes I forget to add salt. Can I add the salt after I put the pasta
>>>>in,
>>>>or will the salt stick to the pasta and make it very salty?
>>>
>>> There is no need to add salt in the first place.
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>> Doesn't it reduce the bubbling?
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>>
>> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>>
> Salt raises boiling temperature to a very small degree, given the amount
> of salt usually put into the pasta water.
>
> IF you want to cut your bubbling. add 1 tablespoon oil to the water. The
> lessening of bubbles will astound you.
>
> Kent

Thanks. I hate having to turn down the temperature and extend the cooking
time.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)