Way OT. Pasta

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Rory Manton

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• Nov 19, 2004

• #1

If pasta is left in water overnight it goes soft,could that be heated up and
used, or does it need cooking in hot water?

Just a daft question 'cos I eat a lot of pasta and don't want to poison
myself.


Rory Manton

It's Not Pink
It's Telemagenta

 

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Hirsty's

Guest

• Nov 19, 2004

• #2

"
> If pasta is left in water overnight it goes soft,could that be heated up
and
> used, or does it need cooking in hot water?
>
> Just a daft question 'cos I eat a lot of pasta and don't want to poison
> myself.
>


Beware pasta can contain mites that need killing off, due to high heat in
cooking.

You could always put it in a bag and strap it to your Land Rover radiator
then drive in to the blue yonder. Het presto after a while cooked ( ..... or
so the thgeory goes )

 

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Richard

Guest

• Nov 19, 2004

• #3

You can eat pasta raw so I dont see why not


"Rory Manton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> If pasta is left in water overnight it goes soft,could that be heated up
> and
> used, or does it need cooking in hot water?
>
> Just a daft question 'cos I eat a lot of pasta and don't want to poison
> myself.
>
>
> Rory Manton
>
> It's Not Pink
> It's Telemagenta
>
>
>
>
>

 

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JD

Guest

• Nov 19, 2004

• #4

Hirsty's wrote:

>
> "
>> If pasta is left in water overnight it goes soft,could that be heated up
> and
>> used, or does it need cooking in hot water?
>>
>> Just a daft question 'cos I eat a lot of pasta and don't want to poison
>> myself.
>>
>
>
> Beware pasta can contain mites that need killing off, due to high heat in
> cooking.
>
> You could always put it in a bag and strap it to your Land Rover radiator
> then drive in to the blue yonder. Het presto after a while cooked ( .....
> or so the thgeory goes )

Most of the livestock that would grow in unsterilised pasta won't hurt you -
it's not a good culture medium for the really dangerous bugs. If it doesn't
smell bad it probably won't hurt you, but if it was me I would cook it
unless it was a choice of going hungry, as the boiling involved in cooking
will sterilise it pretty well. Most parts of the world the unboiled water
is more likely to make you sick than the fact it has been soaked in pasta
overnight.

 

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Hirsty's

Guest

• Nov 19, 2004

• #5

> Most of the livestock that would grow in unsterilised pasta won't hurt
you -
> it's not a good culture medium for the really dangerous bugs. If it
doesn't
> smell bad it probably won't hurt you, but if it was me I would cook it
> unless it was a choice of going hungry, as the boiling involved in cooking
> will sterilise it pretty well. Most parts of the world the unboiled water
> is more likely to make you sick than the fact it has been soaked in pasta
> overnight.

Meant to be tongue in cheek coment; i'll bet most civilised food we eat in
the west contains more serious problems that the odd bug in wheat.
Salmonella for one

 

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Viviane

Guest

• Nov 20, 2004

• #6

But does it go soft enough? If so, go ahead and eat it. I'm reminded of
the time I used a slow cooker to make a stew. The potatoes were as hard as
rocks after about 8 hours of cooking. That's when I learnt that potatoes
have to boil to be cooked.

"Rory Manton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BDC3B82F.3100D%[email protected]...
> If pasta is left in water overnight it goes soft,could that be heated up
> and
> used, or does it need cooking in hot water?
>
> Just a daft question 'cos I eat a lot of pasta and don't want to poison
> myself.
>
>
> Rory Manton
>
> It's Not Pink
> It's Telemagenta
>
>
>
>
>

 

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PDannyD

Guest

• Nov 20, 2004

• #7

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:03:50 +1100, "Viviane"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
<[email protected]>:

> "Rory Manton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:BDC3B82F.3100D%[email protected]...
>> If pasta is left in water overnight it goes soft,could that be heated up
>> and used, or does it need cooking in hot water?

> But does it go soft enough? If so, go ahead and eat it. I'm reminded of
> the time I used a slow cooker to make a stew. The potatoes were as hard as
> rocks after about 8 hours of cooking. That's when I learnt that potatoes
> have to boil to be cooked.

Parboil them first. That or microwave them, which is almost the same
thing.

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