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Re:The Invention of a New Pasta Shape by africanboy on Saturday March 20, 2021 @05:58PM (#26526362)
restaurants use pasta cookers[1], they use brands of pasta that they already know and don't need to taste it (also because it's a system that doesn't scale) they already know the cooking time.

Of course is not a science, sometimes it's not gonna be perfect, but on average it is

consumer models also exist, but are quite expensive.

My girlfriend bought a Cookeo[2] (it's an electric multi-cooker for different kinds of food, including pasta) and after a few failed attempts we have been happy of the results. It's quite cheap.

p.s. tasting pasta while cooking it at home is kind of a ritual here in Italy

[1] http://ifea.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Italgi-pasta-c...

[2] https://www.moulinex.it/COTTURA/Cookeo/c/Cookeo

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Re:The Invention of a New Pasta Shape by bobthepanda on Sunday March 21, 2021 @01:12PM (#26531970)
So I may be navigating that Cookeo website wrong, but 150-250EUR is very expensive. I have a rice cooker that costs that much, but it's a high-end brand. You can get a pretty good mid-range rice cooker for $40 and a serviceable one meant for college students runs $20 USD.
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