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Why salt in the pasta water?

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Correct answer: For the taste of the pasta

Only for the taste. Pasta absorbs salt from the water during cooking, and you can taste it in the whole dish. The idea that salt makes water boil faster is a persistent myth: a spoonful of salt in a pot of water changes the boiling point by less than a tenth of a degree.

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