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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Adding olive oil to boiling water before putting in pasta. Oil and water don't mix, you're just wasting oil that sits on the waters surface until you pour it down the drain.

Now if you drain the pasta and THEN add olive oil to it while it's still steaming hot then it will get absorbed. The only thing you should add to boiling water for pasta is a heavy amount of salt. Those two actually combine and will be absorbed by the pasta.

[–] ywain@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Olive oil use in general i'd say, other oils are better for cooking. A good olive oil is a finishing oil.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Abundantly agree! It's a waste to fry olive oil, you're just destroying the flavor. Canola is my goto for actually cooking, olive is best reserved as a dressing or occasionally a core ingredient in cold dishes like hummus.

[–] gothmog@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I prefer avocado oil for cooking but it's a lot more expensive.

[–] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 2 points 23 hours ago

It is but the smoke point is very high so it beats the pants off olive oil which I consider a finishing oil. I don't like using olive oil for cooking.

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