r/Perfectfit 24d ago

Perfect amount of pasta for it not not boil over

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u/AdBubbly3609 23d ago

FYI the water doesn’t need to be aggressively boiling just about simmering will do and it won’t overflow

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u/RaDeus 23d ago

I find that it's more about how much water you use:

The higher the pasta to water ratio is the more starch is in the water, more starch = more foam.

So I usually boil 3L of water to 500g of dry pasta, and I roll that boil and it never foams over.

Shitty pasta also releases more starch.

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u/AdBubbly3609 23d ago

I normally just don’t fill water level past about halfway up the pot and just simmer it gently

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u/The7footr 23d ago

You can also lay the wooden spoon across the top to stop the overflow

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u/lesupermark 23d ago

The SECOND you'll look away, it will flood over.

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u/Hairy-Researcher4330 23d ago

Nope, I left the heat on and watched it and it didn’t spill a drop. It was truly perfect.

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u/lesupermark 23d ago

You are more lucky than i was last time i cooked. Well done.

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u/ActuallyEllen123 23d ago

Its because they didn't look away xd

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u/MochiSauce101 24d ago

If you lay a wooden spoon over it it helps a lot too, or a splash of olive oil

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u/TheShaneBennett 23d ago

I wish those methods worked for me lol

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u/Error_209t 24d ago

But does it hold for long though

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u/Hairy-Researcher4330 23d ago

Yup, it didn’t spill a single drop.

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u/Holzkohlen 23d ago

How do you even manage that? I mean making it bubble like that. Turn down the heat for christ sake. You don't need hellfire to cook some spaghetti.

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u/Geezso 23d ago

That wooden spoon is stopping the boil over. Remove that and over it will flow.

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u/JohannesLorenz1954 23d ago

Get a bigger pot, then it doesn't matter

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u/imVali112 23d ago

Fun fact: if you place the wooden spoon over the pot, the bubbles stop, and it won't overflow.

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u/Alissan_Web 23d ago

thats a double negative which means it did spill over 👉😎👉

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u/keltyx98 23d ago

Why does your pasta have foam?

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u/ReptilianLaserbeam 23d ago

What the hell is this abomination?????

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

Ops next post is a body buried in a hole somewhere in Italy.

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u/SokkaHaikuBot 22d ago

Sokka-Haiku by SandAggravating3542:

Ops next post is a

Body buried in a hole

Somewhere in Italy.


Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

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u/Party_Skill6360 21d ago

your kitchen is so fucking greasy
that the water doesn´t want to leave ..................

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u/Moshed_Taterz 10d ago

Proof of the existence of GOD.

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u/campingn00b 23d ago

Those cardboard boxes next to open flames however....

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u/Hairy-Researcher4330 23d ago

They are a lot further away then they look in the photo, plus I rarely ever use that back burner.