Noodles keep cooking after you drain them. Heat radiates from the noodle center. It’s called carry-over cooking.
So drain your pasta one minute early. Especially if you’re tossing it with hot sauce. That sauce will finish the job.
This is why restaurant pasta is perfect. They yank it out early. You can too.
Quirky Noodle Facts to Make You Look Smart at Dinner Parties
Did you know spaghetti comes in 26 different thicknesses? From spaghettini (thin) to spaghettoni (thick). Each cooks roughly the same time, but the texture changes wildly.
In Japan, there’s a noodle called “kishimen” that’s flat and wide. It cooks in 4 minutes. Locals say eating it is like wrapping your mouth in a soft blanket.
And instant ramen was invented by a Taiwanese-Japanese man in 1958. He saw people waiting in long lines for hot noodles after WWII. He thought: “There must be a faster way.”
