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Re:Pasta Cooking Time by nahumba on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @09:57AM (#45425507)
"I boiled some water, put in the pasta, and starting at 9min I removed a piece every 15s until I got to 14:30:"

When you remove pasta, you Cool down the water. So its not the same reault as actual 15 minutes cooking

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Re:Pasta Cooking Time by jefftk on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @12:46PM (#45427855)
How does removing pasta cool down the water?

I was putting in a slotted spoon, and removing one piece at a time. The water remained at a full boil throughout.

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Re:Pasta Cooking Time by IAmBroom on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @02:34PM (#45429339)
No, they're right. You took out at least a nanojoule of thermal energy.

Did you factor that in to your next tasting?

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