Polly Esther > wrote:

>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message

>> Unless you're making aglio olio, oil in the water prevents sauce from
>> sticking the pasta. Never use oil in the water or rinse your pasta.
>> IMO.

>Yes. I've read that but ignore the premise. Maybe the olive oil (and I can
>say it without calling it evoo and giggling) gives the pasta a bit of
>flavor? Polly

In my opinion, there is no point to adding olive oil to the water
the pasta is cooked in. However, I sometimes add olive oil to the
pasta after draining/plating it but before adding the sauce.

Perhaps this makes the sauce not stick to the pasta, but I haven't
noticed any downside to this if so. I do it to add flavor. Of course,
one can just put more olive oil into the sauce, but somehow I like
the effect of adding the olive oil directly to the hot pasta.

(Of course, I do not combine the pasta and sauce in a large batch
before plating it. Of course.)


Steve