How cooked do you like your pasta?

[debodun]

On a scale of 1 to 10 (1= al dente to the max, 10 = one step this side of mush), to what point in cooking do you prefer your pasta?

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

#1, al dente. Of course the hubby likes #10. So I take mine out early and cook his to death. Put mine in the microwave to reheat which then causes mine to turn into #10. lol

 

[RadishRose]

#1, Al Dente!

I used to go out with him.

 

[Falcon]

I dunno. Prolly about a 6 or 7.

I don't want to hear it when I chew it.

 

[ProsperosDaughter]

I'll go with 1-9. I really like pasta and would hate a little over or under to deprive me of a taste treat.

 

[RadishRose]

I'll go with 1-9. I really like pasta and would hate a little over or under to deprive me of a taste treat.

Makes sense.

 

[rkunsaw]

I think about a 4 would be to my liking, but I'm not hard to please.

 

[debodun]

However long the package says to cook plus 3 minutes.

 

[tortiecat]

I usually follow the directions on the package, I don't like it mushy.

 

[hearlady]

I go by the package also.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I'd say around a 3, close to al dente for me and my husband. I usually make whole wheat spaghetti and 13 min. is just about right every time.

 

[C'est Moi]

I don't like any hardness in the middle, so I'll say 7 or 8.

 

[Camper6]

If I can bite it and it doesn't feel like I'm biting a leather lace. It's just right.

Bow ties are different than spaghetti.

They never go mushy.

 

[hollydolly]

I like it about a 7 I don't like it al dente at all... but I don't like it mushy, so if I'm cooking spaghetti I cook it for about 2 minutes longer than the instruction says

 

[Aunt Bea]

I cook pasta a couple minutes less than the package instructions so maybe 4-6 on the scale.

I also prefer Barilla pasta, I think that the leftover pasta holds up better on day 2 or 3.

 

[Buckeye]

Although I rarely cook pasta at home, I'd guess around a 5 or so

 

[twinkles]

i like mine cooked soft but not mushy

 

[Gary O']

I really don't know
Not much on pasta
The exception is a flat noodle in cream sauce

I could eat a large steel mixing bowl of it
(I've proven this)


1 to 10?

whatever number that's between blind eel and leather shoe laces

 

[nvtribefan]

2 or 3

 

[nvtribefan]

However long the package says to cook plus 3 minutes.

That sounds like a 10. Mine is always less than the package, and I live at high elevation.

 

[debodun]

That sounds like a 10.

Not really. It's not mush, but less firm that al dente.

 

[applecruncher]

About a 2.

 

[hearlady]

I really don't know
Not much on pasta
The exception is a flat noodle in cream sauce

I could eat a large steel mixing bowl of it
(I've proven this)


1 to 10?

whatever number that's between blind eel and leather shoe laces

That's the problem with pasta. Only a large steel bowl will do.

 

[NancyNGA]

I'll pick 5. Not too mushy, not too leathery. (Just right, lol)

 

[Falcon]

Spaghetti is NOT the ONLY pasta. It comes in a variety of shapes; long, shells, twists etc.

Some shapes take longer than others to attain the desired degree of tenderness.

Keep a record of how you like it.