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[quote=Anonymous]My mil gave us her old pasta pot when she learned we didn't own one. It is a big 2pc  stainless steel thing with the larger pot and strainer insert.  I tried using it a couple times, and it just seems to make things harder. 1) it fits less pasta because of the smaller insert. Things like spaghetti doesn't get completely submerged unless I use a ton of water. 2) it takes an extra step to drain. I have to get a plate, to set down the strainer after pulling the cooked pasta out. Then I dump the water out of the of the big pot. Then I can dump the pasta back in the pot. 3) it takes up room in my cabinets, the thing is huge.

I don't understand why this is better than just a regular pot. Am I missing something here?  Or should I just chuck it?

The pasta thing is a mystery to me. When mil recently tasked me with boiling pasta, apparently I was screwing up at every turn. I tried to put a lid on the pot of water to make it boil faster. Apparently I'm not supposed to use a lid when boiling water for pasta. ???? Then I took the colander insert out when the pasta was done and set it on a plate. (Have absolutely no idea how to use these things). She wanted buttered pasta so I put a couple tbs of butter on top to melt. Ah, she freaked! Apparently I was supposed to drain in the colander insert, then dump into a another colander in the sink and rinse with tap water to prevent sticking? Then put it in a crock pot. Then melt butter separately in a ramekin and pour the melted butter on top. I'm thinking, wow, that's 5 cookware pieces to just prepare one part of a meal!!![/quote]

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