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I never rinse cooked pasta, except for when I'm making a pasta salad, but only during the hot Summer months.

I had barley and chick pea soup. For my son it was pasta instead of barley, he won't eat grains. 😀

Good points @caseydog. 😀 Yes of course, 'al dente"if you want to saute' your pasta in a pan full of sauce, adding a little starchy pasta water to blend them well and together. Traditionally, the reason for eating pasta 'al dente" that we are made to believe, is that it's more easily digested...

All cooked pasta (whether it's overcooked or not) sticks together if it hasn't been rinsed or had oil mixed into it.

The cooking times on the packets are not really precise, I just taste pasta to see if it's cooked. I find that spaghetti and other long pasta should be necessarily cooked "al dente".

Oh yes, throwing spaghetti on the wall to check if it's cooked? 😁Just another myth, we wouldn't dream of treating spaghetti that way, it would be a sacrilege! 😳 🤣

My homemade Pizza alla Marinara. I've been craving Pizza since Friday - World Pizza day. 😃 Apparently, many households all over the country were baking pizzas on that day, well, better late than never! 😁

Hi @RileyIGuess ,welcome. 😃

Just my excercise bike at home, about 20.mins,3 times a week, but not too fast. 😁 I need to do aerobic excercises for my high blood pressure/cholesterol. I've never really liked doing any sort of sport or excercise, only table tennis. 😀 Like you say @taxlady , it's boring, so I sometimes put on...

I had never played a musical instrument before except for a little organ I had as a child. Then suddenly in my late 40s, I started having a go at the piano and realised what I'd been missing! 😁 It's true @grumpyoldman , you just have to put your mind to it, lots of determination, patience...

Sorry to hear about your friend @dragnlaw , may she rest in peace.

Sorry, I meant World Pizza Day. 😊

It was Pizza Word Day, yesterday. 🍕😀

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Thank you @caseydog and @Jade Emperor. 🤗 Ciao @dolcetta46, nice to meet you, I live further South, Campania - my origins, but I was born and bred in the UK. I've been here thirty years now so am totally "italianized" when it comes to cooking! 🤣

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What a coincidence, I made barley and chick pea soup. 😀

Epiphany is a public holiday here, representing the last one of the festive season. Children receive stockings with gifts, usually candy, representing the gifts to baby Jesus from the wise kings. For lunch, we had tagliatelle with mixed mushrooms and my son received chocolates from his...

Oh yes, we all walked to school alone from when we were at Primary School, from about the age of 7, it was normal in those days, well at least it was in London. The school was just down the road, even though once when I was 10, I got knocked down by a car, crossing the road right in front of the...

I've never heard of washing fruit and veg with detergents🤔. Bicarbonate of soda is often suggested but I've never used that method either. I just scrub them well with lots of water and then dry them, when it's possible.

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Yes, I'm sure I've seen the dry ones somewhere once, I just don't remember which store it was. There aren't many in our town, so I'll soon find out. 😀

That Hoppin John recipe sounds good, I'm going to try it, I'll have to find the black-eyed peas first, not commonly used here, but I'm sure I'll find them in a wel-furnished supermarket 😃. Yes, in fact, we call them black-eyed beans. I looked in all the sections in two very big stores and only...

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