I finally realized I was salting my pasta water wrong my whole life

Been cooking pasta for 15 years. Always dumped salt in after the water boiled. Read online that you're supposed to add it before boiling. Something about chemistry. Didn't believe it until I tried it side by side last Tuesday. Anyone else have a cooking basic they got backwards for way too long?

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the_wyatt5d ago

Wait, you're saying I should put salt in cold water? I've been doing the same thing for years too, always waited for the boil. Honestly just tried it last night after reading this and the pasta actually tasted way better.

taraanderson5d ago

Did you ever try boiling your pasta in something other than water? I did it with chicken broth once on a whim and it was life changing, even my picky kid ate seconds. Kinda makes you wonder what other basic cooking rules are just total myths we've been blindly following.