An advice for boiling spaghetti

@Raspberry_yoghurt said in #1:
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that is true, because you increased the surface area of the total spaghetti..
Italian people may feel offense but this's scientific xd, chips also fry easier unlike full potato, one has to behave sometimes..

nah bro

unless you want the authentic truly small spaghetti experience, don't do it. even breaking one spaghetto (yes, that's the real word) will anger italy

@Raspberry_yoghurt said in #1:
> If you wrap the spaghetti in a tea towel and just hammer widly at it with a saucepan then it breaks into a thousand tiny little pieces, and now it's much faster to boil.
i think u should just run it over with a car before that

@Thissoundsgood said in #10:
> And al dente por favor.
> AL DENTE
Per favore per favore.
PER FAVORE.

@Bobby-Robby said in #14:
> Per favore per favore.
> PER FAVORE
Shit. Was that Spanish?
Sorry dude.

Tis Italian
Course they're both romance languages hence the similarity.

@Raspberry_yoghurt said in #1:
> If you wrap the spaghetti in a tea towel and just hammer widly at it with a saucepan then it breaks into a thousand tiny little pieces, and now it's much faster to boil.

You caused an earthquake in Italy from all the Italians turning in their graves!

@AsDaGo said in #17:
> You caused an earthquake in Italy from all the Italians turning in their graves!
¡Madre de Dios!
Oops.
I did it again, didn't I?

@Thissoundsgood said in #10:
> And al dente por favor.
> AL DENTE
yeah, Al never liked his spaghetti over-cooked. He liked it done "just to the teeth, not the lips". Or something like that. But more often than not we sent out for curry when we were really hungry.

@Thissoundsgood said in #10:
> AL DENTE

How to know when they are al dente? One minute before they are supposed to be OK according to the package description I pull a spaghetto out of the water and rip it apart. When they still aren't done you hear a slight tic noise. As soon as that noise disappears I'll get them out of the water.

There are other tips like throwing the spaghetto at the cupboard door and when it sticks this means it is OK. But I find that... a bit gross.