do these playlists factor in considerations like altitude and water mineral content?
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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So that must be what Spotify's doing with all the data they're collecting.
Well the Spotify ToS says clearly that they need to indefinitely store the photos you send to your lover so they can determine your altitude for when you cook pasta.
Also how much salt you have added, the size of the pot and water volume (maintaining a boil), whether the lid is on/off/partly covering the pot, energy output of the heat source...? And to be perfectly honest i like my pasta slightly past 'al dente', especially when cooking dry pasta.
In the past I really struggled cooking pasta in the times shown on the packets on my home sovetop, but then learned to properly use the lid of my pots. I fully cover the pot with the lid to bring to the boil, add the pasta and leave the lid partially over the pot (~70% covered) to maintain a 'rolling boil', and now it cooks more consistently and quicker.
With or without ads?
You don't need to listen to ads. Spotube or XManager for Android based devices, or just listen in a Firefox based browser with reasonable ad blocking from your PC or laptop. I don't have premium, but I never hear ads.
Okay but if they're as off as the times printed on the packet then it still does me no good 😭 lol
How are you cooking your pasta? It should be:
- Wait until water boils
- Drop in pasta
- Wait until water boils again, then start the timer
With a reasonably powerful induction stove there's no real difference between time 2. and 3.
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The cook time varies a lot based on how dry the pasta is, which depends on how old they are, how they've been stored, and the air humidity where they're stored. It can vary as much as ±5min. Even on a conventional stovetop, it takes about 30s at most to come back to a boil after you drop in the pasta.
The best way to get perfectly cooked pasta is to regularly check on them.
I've found that whether barilla is precise or not changes geographically. it still is not a great brand, not even for budget.
Barilla is very anti LGBTQ if I recall correctly FYI
PS: Apparently they've changed their attitude
Iirc it was just one executive, right?
It's ok, he was drowned, cut, hanged, dried, and cooked.
Do they also have a playlist for his cook time? I feel like it might be useful in the upcoming years.
The CHIEF executive!
Okay, that’s just funny
So one song?
