Thread: Cooking Pasta
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Aria > wrote:
> Is it true that you are never supposed to cover the pot that you are cooking
> pasta in? I've been told that, but I have no idea why that would be.....


Unless you have a large pot with plenty of room at the top for the heated
water to expand, covering the pot will cause the water to overflow. Try
it and find out.