Hi, Valerie, unfair! unfair! here I am in California and I can't try this
scrumptious-sounding cornbread. Anyhow, Valerie, I do know how to do
pasta. It really depends on the type you're making, i.e., if you have
fresh noodles you've bought or made yourself, or if they are dry pasta.
The key is to have a nice pot with a sufficiency of water and do not,
repeat, do not put the pasta in the pot until you're sure the water is
boiling. You want there to be enough salt in the pot so you can sort of
taste it, but not to where it's overpowering. Once your pasta is in, you
stir it just so it's submerged in the water and isn't sticking to the
bottom. You don't stir it all the time, just a little bit at first. Fresh
noodles take from 1-1/2 to 3 minutes, or more, depending on the type, dry
pasta may take ten to twelve minutes (or less if you're making very thin
pasta). The way to tell your pasta is done is to take a noodle and bite
into it. If the pasta tastes cooked all through and is toothsome, what
the Italians call al dente, then you have some nice pasta. Once you're
pasta is al dente, take it out and drain it in a colander set over a bowl
or sink. (Do the former if you are using the pasta water to moisten your
noodles (very useful when you add simple sauces like olive oil and
garlic, pesto, and the like. Regards, Kim.
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Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:28 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Happy New Year
That makes two of us, Jamie! I could eat pizza every night, but
unfortunately, my husband can't, and he always only likes the meat
pizzas. Every once in a while I like to break loose and get the works or
something on conventional. I guess I never even dreamed about ordering
out on New Year's Eve, but we did do a weekends worth of cooking today.
We made a large kettle of a simplified version of my mom's pasta tuna
salad as well as another large pot of chili. I was going to make some
spaghetti as well, but Doug's aide was helping me, and it turns out he
didn't know how to boil water for noodles, so the tuna salad took a lot
longer than expected. Who would've thought? He is a cook at his house, so
I just figured he knew how to boil noodles. Go figure?
Tomorrow it is black-eyed peas and if I am really lucky I will have some
white cornmeal and some bacon grease in the refrigerator to make Doug's
mom's famous southern cornbread. Absolutely can't be beat!
Valerie
On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote:
No fair! I tried to get pizza tonight on my way home from work (yes,
Valerie, I am a pizza addict). the first place was open but not taking
any more orders. The second place, closed. Third place, closed. Fourth
place, closed! All before midnight! Don't these people know it's New
Year's Eve and we want food? Even McDonalds was closed. So not fair.
--
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