Just wondering , why does cooking Pasta require HUGE amounts of water

UndertheOcean

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Mon Sep-07-09 10:59 PM
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Just wondering , why does cooking Pasta require HUGE amounts of water

seems rather wasteful to me.

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Mon Sep-07-09 11:01 PM
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1. to absorb and expand

sounds logical, right?

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UndertheOcean

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Mon Sep-07-09 11:02 PM
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2. But most of it ends down the drain , only a small fraction is absorbed

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Mon Sep-07-09 11:07 PM
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3. it has to have all that room to do its thing.

bubble, bubble. toil and trouble.

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XemaSab

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Mon Sep-07-09 11:19 PM
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4. It's a plot by Big Water

:tinfoilhat:

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