Salt and butter in relation to pasta

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Italian here. Salting the pasta water means you can add less salt to the sauce.

I have no idea why your friends are adding butter. That's not something we normally do (unless it's for a specific sauce?).

People add salt to their sauce? Gosh I'm sure my Ragu has tons of sodium already! I've never even heard of that!

LOL! Are you being funny?

Um no. I use Ragu or Aunt Millies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Adding a drop or two of oil does keep the pot from boiling over.

On "Chopped" the judge who specializes in pasta (Scott Conant?) goes INSANE when chefs don't salt the pasta water.

Because it ruins the very starches your pasta needs on its surface. DON'T DO IT.

http://gizmodo.com/the-science-of-why-your-past-boils-over-1498537569

Wow that's a great link! Thank you for that!

[Anonymous]

Salt is necessary. It flavors the pasta. Butter is optional on the cooked pasta but it is really delicious.