How do you like your pasta?

[MrScorpio]

I like mine on a plate.

[Dr Morbius]

1. In a wide shallow bowl.

[Lucian]

2. Cooked.

[applegrove]

3. With mushrooms and alfredo sauce in a big bowl. Seriously a bar

downstairs from my parents house has it on special every so often and I love it.

[Lyric]

4. On a plate, either with butter/salt/pepper or with alfredo.

I've gotten tired of tomato sauce recently.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

31. Spaghetti with butter and / or oil and / or garlic is a "midnight snack" in Italy

I had a Japanese girlfriend years ago who was SHOCKED by the concept of "spaghetti & butter with Parmesan."

It's one of my top-10 "comfort foods"...with garlic maybe 1/3 of the time.

[Swede]

5. Yes.

I like it in oh so many different ways. mac n cheese,lasagna,spaghetti and meatballs,etc etc

[TommyO]

6. With a homemade alfredo sauce

[velvet]

7. Soft, none of this al dente bullshit

And with anything.

Life without pasta is not life at all.

[HopeHoops]

10. "al dente" is Italian for "forgot to set the timer and didn't cook it long enough".

[velvet]

11. some things are not meant to be chewed and chomped

but massaged lovingly by mouth and merged gently into one's inner being.

Pasta is one of them. I wish I could remember what the other one is.

[HopeHoops]

12. I do - but she won't be home from work for several hours.

:evilgrin:

As for pasta, if it is chewy and stick together, you fucked up cooking it - simple as that. You shouldn't need a knife to eat ANY kind of pasta - including lasagne. If God wanted pasta to be chewy and sticky he would have made it out of something chewy and sticky.

On Edit:
(The chewing and chomping CAN be fun once in a while!)

[blogslut]

14. Don't make me go all corn flake chicken on you

Proper al dente pasta is wonderful. If it feels like it hasn't been cooked long enough ,then it's not proper al dente. It's supposed to be firm to the teeth, not crunchy.

[velvet]

15. Harrumph! I spose next you'll be telling me

peanut butter was meant to have lumps in it.

[blogslut]

16. Those are nut pieces

Philistine!

:hi:

[velvet]

17. Dentist!

:scared:

[blogslut]

18. Haha

Personally, I can never decide between chunky or smooth. I'm no a huge PB fan. I mostly use it to flavor Asian-type dishes.

As for pasta, I learned to appreciate it cooked al dente thirty years ago when I worked in an Italian restaurant. Now, I can't stand it all mushy and soft.

Pro Tip: If your cooked pasta sticks together, toss it with a bit of milk.

[velvet]

19. grazie

Usually I toss a slurp of olive oil into the pot straight after I put the pasta into the water, and stir it through. Mainly because that's what my Maltese grandma did, I presume it was to stop the pasta sticking together.

[blogslut]

20. Yeah

I've done that. You're right, it seems to help keep it from sticking together.

Believe it or not, I've gotten quite skilled at cooking pasta in the microwave. I fill my dish with just enough water to cover the pasta, pop it in the micro and cooked for 12 minutes. Most of the time, it's cooked just right with almost no leftover liquid.

As for what I add after the fact, that mostly depends on what I have on hand and what I can afford. Lately, I've been adding a couple of fistfuls of dried, roasted soy beans to my pasta before I cook it. Then I grill up some veggies and toss all of it with some butter, garlic, herbs and parmesan.

Just the same, the next time you got sticky pasta or you just want to refresh cold pasta, try the milk thing.

EDIT ADD: That's 12 minutes microwave cooking time for a 7oz. bag of pasta or for half a bag of 16 oz pasta.

[HopeHoops]

22. Don't you be GOING corn flake chicken on me now or I'll just have to get all Olive Garden on YOU!

:evilgrin: :hi:

NARWHALS! FUCK YEAH!!!!!1!

[GoCubsGo]

8. With pesto

I could eat pesto twice a day, every day and never get sick of it. Pesto is one of Mankind's greatest inventions.

[HopeHoops]

9. Cooked and on a plate or in a bowl.

[Lost4words]

13. often!

[Akoto]

21. Oddly enough, never with sauce.

I have never needed (or liked) sauce on my pasta. Just give me a big bowl with some salt or parmesan and I am good to go. One of my favorite foods.

[PJPhreak]

23. Pasta On The Mountain...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO_7IQ6TuDY

Gotta have the leftover Salmon

[Brickbat]

24. In a bowl with butter, parmesan, and a bottle of wine.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

25. Sometimes just covered with butter.

:9

[cbdo2007]

26. al dente (sp?) Though we have to eat Gluten Free pasta

We like it just cooked with some sauce and italian sausage on it. Yum!

[lillypaddle]

27. With just about anything, in/on anything

but always al dente.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Yes

Oh, this isn't a yes/no question. Well, then i like it however you want to serve it.
GAC

[madmom]

29. with garlic bread

[Amerigo Vespucci]

30. We're just friends...for now, taking it slow, you know?

:eyes:

[WinkyDink]

32. In mah belleh! (Linguine with pesto sauce.)