>>22013182 they have to account for people who add pasta to nonboiling water. same reason the instructions on frozen pizza work whether or not you preheat the oven, because a lot of people put the pizza in the cold oven so they account for that
>>22013182 Whatever the lower end time they say is perfect if you time it exactly. Pull it at 7 minutes and you are golden. Also skim half a cup of the pasta water before you drain it. Use that to thicken the sauce and you don't need butter it works perfectly. Ask a few dashes of Cholula and some kind of meat and you have a perfect meal.
>>22013315 Oh you don't need milk either, just skim the water and add it in slowly while stirring and it will come together. Forgot a few dashes of pepper or a bbq seasoning goes a long way as well.
>>22014032 >did they...DID THEY TELL ME TO USE SKIM MILK????? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I'M GOING INSANE THE WEST IS COLLAPSING HELP ME TRUMP fucking what lmao
>>22014155 It's just unnecessary, I've tried it both ways and can't tell a difference. The pasta water does a good job thickening it and the cheese flavor is the main thing you taste. It also lets you control exactly how thick or thin you want it and it doesn't cool it down like milk and butter would unless you go the extra step to heat those as well. Also it's just easier and if you are being lazy it's all about saving steps.
>>22014163 It bothers me that you can’t tell the difference, that’s where all the fat comes from the dish. It’s certainly lazier, and i can support that reason. I always put the pot back on the stove on low to melt the butter and the heat up the milk together before adding the powder.
>>22014183 Milk with fat in it tastes better. Both skim and whole milk contain sugar in the form of lactose. If you drink whole milk you feel like you consumed something substantial. But you can just chug skim milk all you want and you might as well be drinking sugary soda. You might drink more sugar than you want to. Whole milk promotes satiety.
>>22014183 Fat isn’t what makes you fat. Excess sugar and no exercise makes people fat Also that’s a really creepy picture, not kawaii >>22014210 This is weird AI
>>22013182 Because it tells you to put the pasta back in the hot saucepan. The pasta will keep cooking so you want to slightly undercook it to make sure it doesn’t end up as mush in the end result.
These fucking instructions tell you to return it to the pot, and THEN mix in the milk and cheese. Why the fuck would you do it like that? Why not mix the milk and cheese together into a nice sauce and THEN add the drained pasta? Please explain why the instructions aren't like this
>>22014379 It wouldn't make any difference and would just add an extra step for no reason, because it's not cheese, it's "cheese sauce mix". It'll emulsify into a watery thin nasty sauce no matter what you do, so mixing with the milk first wouldn't accomplish anything.
>he doesn't know you can cook it in 4 minutes in an instant pot with 70% less water and energy used FWIW they're actually popular in shithole countries because of how efficient they are in terms of energy and water used.
>>22014459 no thanks, it's already slop and i don't live in a shithole so i have unlimited potable water and the energy usage can only be measured by rounding up to a cent, i don't need it fucked by an efficiency robot
