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Cooking pasta, it's all B*llocks

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  1. GroveRanger

    GroveRanger Well-Known Member

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    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...ntists-say-no-oil_uk_58d23ca9e4b0b22b0d1827ba


    According to researchers from The American Chemical Society, to make the perfect pasta you must always add salt to your water but you should never throw in olive oil.
    In the latest YouTube video, scientific consultant Kyle Nackers says that this can all be explained through simple science.

    According to Nackers, there are only three core ingredients in pasta: eggs, water and flour.
    As a result, there are only two main chemical components: starch (which is a carbohydrate) and proteins. This simple make-up means it’s fairly simple for scientists to work out the best way to cook pasta.
    “The cooking process is all about manipulating the protein and starch interactions to get that perfect al dente pasta,” he says.


    I had to check the date to make sure the article wasn't from April Fools Day. Seriously? K Nackers?!!
     
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    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    Thread of the year so far

    Take a bow son

    Just kidding. Kill yourself :emoticon-0150-hands
     
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  3. Mick O'Toon

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  4. DUNCAN DONUTS

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    Terry's ^^^^^^
     
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  7. monacoger

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    "al dente" pasta is ****e. It pretty just means it isn't cooked properly. Wop ****s.
     
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  8. Archers Road

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    Never, ever, eat brown or wholemeal pasta. It's ****ing disgusting. Brown rice is okay, and brown bread - especially granary - is tops, but whoever invented wholemeal pasta should be ****ing shot imho.
     
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    Brown rice takes ****ing ages to cook.
     
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  10. Archers Road

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    So does curry, or indeed chilli con carne, so with a little careful planning all your ingredients can be timed to arrive at the table together <ok>
     
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    :laugh: Mono telt
     
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    That is true, but I somehow feel the need to watch rice cooking, whereas I can just leave curry or chilli con carne to cook by itself for a couple of hours. So **** you, prick <ok>
     
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    Perhaps you could make use of the time spent watching rice by reading the recipe or something?
     
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    And why wait longer for brown rice when it isn't as nice as white rice? Your argument is flawed. When you do **** off, please take that snake, fenian bastard,
     
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    <laugh>
     
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  16. Mick O'Toon

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    Any tips for risotto?
     
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  17. GroveRanger

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    Yes, don't bother.

    This wasn't meant to be a cookery based thread, the whole point was that the bloke in the study was called Kyle Nackers which made me spit my tea out when I read it. I thought the next article was going to be about urination by I.P. Freely or Irish double-glazing by Paddy O'Doors.
     
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  18. Mick O'Toon

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    You should know by now threads get derailed,any chance of a poll on 'what's your favourite rice'?
     
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  19. GroveRanger

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    I don't know, why not ask Pud?
     
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