▲ 1023 ▼ So close! (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 year ago by bees@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) If you're throwing out the pasta water, you're wasting some very good stock to make the sauce you'll put on said pasta. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago* I wouldn't call it stock, but Italians do indeed use pasta water in many of their sauces. Makes sense because it's basically just starchy water, which helps to bind the sauce. That said, you generally don't need more than one or two cups of it, the rest is still thrown out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago* I wouldn't call it stock, but Italians do indeed use pasta water in many of their sauces. Makes sense because it's basically just starchy water, which helps to bind the sauce. That said, you generally don't need more than one or two cups of it, the rest is still thrown out. permalink fedilink source parent
