Timeline for Good salt:water ratio when boiling pasta
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| Aug 17, 2023 at 12:57 | comment | added | Agos | @BNetz that would be less than one third of the salinity of the sea, not almost as much | |
| Aug 16, 2023 at 21:17 | comment | added | BNetz | 2 tablespoons per liter - that's for a pot with 5 liters 50 grams. That's almost as "salty as the sea" :-) | |
| Aug 16, 2023 at 17:35 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @moscafj If I weren't sure about how I like my pasta boiled I would do a side-by-side, but since I've been boiling pasta 2 - 6 times a month for about 40 years now, I'm pretty confident in my preferences and experiences. | |
| Aug 15, 2023 at 10:22 | comment | added | moscafj | @ToddWilcox do a side-by-side. Even a little salt makes a difference regardless of condiment. | |
| Aug 15, 2023 at 10:22 | comment | added | Criminal_Affair_At_SO | For having actually made pasta with sea water (very common on racing sailboats), I can tell you that the good ratio is 1:1 sea water / fresh water for pasta and only sea water for potatoes. | |
| Aug 15, 2023 at 3:31 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | Upvoted even though depending on the sauce, a pasta dish can taste great with no salt in the pasta water at all. I stopped salting my pasta water decades ago and didn’t really notice a difference. Probably because I only eat pasta with tomato sauces that are well salted and grated cheese which adds salt. | |
| Aug 14, 2023 at 20:29 | comment | added | user25939 | The sea is pretty salty... | |
| Aug 14, 2023 at 14:47 | comment | added | Joe | Also be aware that this is for italian pasta. Some Asian noodles are pre-salted. (It makes it more difficult to knead, but it’s more efficient in its salt usage) | |
| Aug 14, 2023 at 13:43 | comment | added | Wastrel | You certainly can end up with too much salt when you are using a sauce from a jar or a can. You have to watch the salt carefully if you caramelize onions for your own sauce as well. | |
| Aug 14, 2023 at 13:00 | comment | added | JS Lavertu | "Salty as the sea" produces disgusting pasta according to serious eat's experiments. seriouseats.com/how-salty-should-pasta-water-be | |
| Aug 14, 2023 at 9:25 | vote | accept | Jason P Sallinger | ||
| Aug 14, 2023 at 0:23 | history | answered | moscafj | CC BY-SA 4.0 |