Also hot dog water
zero waste
disposable coffee filter
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It doesn't make any waste if you never dispose of the filter.
a metal filter would make the pasta water coffee taste bad
who knows how many times she used it already/plans to use
You want to save water when boiling pasta? Stop using a big pot.
Pour the pasta into a skilled, add enough water to completely cover it and turn on the heat. Add a pinch of salt (not too much, as you will be eating all of it) and allow the pasta to cook. It will slowly absorb the water it needs and will normally leave little to none behind. If some water is left behind, use it to thicken sauces; the gluten in the water helps.
This works with every pasta, even spaghetti.
She eats pasta for breakfast?
Meal prep maybe. But if I had the time and energy to cook it in the morning, I'd eat spaghetti all the time for breakfast
Next time use coffee water to cook pasta
Bathwater > pasta water > coffee water
Otherwise it's unhygenic
That may be, but a coffee shower sounds reasonable to me at this point.
So this is how you do an Italian pour over. Interesting...
Wouldn't it be better to boil, make the coffee, and use the rest of the water for pasta?
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No, because the water you use for coffee is converted entirely to coffee+wet grounds. Can't save there. But the pasta water isn't entirely absorbed by the pasta and the sauce.
Note that you can cook noodles in gay less water than used by traditional methods and then use the excess to make your sauce.
gay less water
So... does that imply most water is gay?
I mean... its wet isn't it.
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Please don’t feed the pedants.
Just use pasta/rice water to water your plants. They will enjoy the extra nutrients.
Edit: maybe not, I'm not a scientist.
Pasta water is in fact an excellent thing to save... As a cooking ingredient.
Specifically, what you can do is freeze it in an ice cube tray, and then store the cubes in a Ziploc. A handful of cubes added to a soup, stew, stock or sauce will give it a smoother, more silky texture thanks to all the starch.
I was wondering about this because that seems like a good idea upfront, but apparently:
- The extra minerals and stuff is a very minor benefit for plants and will not substitute for fertilizer.
- If you put salt or seasoning in the boiling water, don't use it for plants.
- The starch might also promote mold / bacteria growth.
Satan, please...
Am I tripping balls?
Well, somebody had to try. If it worked, it could have become the next big trend at Starbucks®️ or some artisanal coffee shops.