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		toyg on March 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Invention of a New Pasta Shape > Don't wash your pasta after cooking Does anyone do that...? Why would you wash something you just boiled?

aidenn0 on March 21, 2021 [–]

To stop it from cooking. If you take it out at exactly the texture you want, it will be mushier than you want if you don't wash it with cool water.

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