SC - Catalan/Libre de Sent Sovi

[margali]

Greetings,
"al dente" means literally "to the teeth."  it describes
pasta cooked so that it slightly resistant to the bite
without being hard or crunchy.  (In other words, not mushy,
not crunchy)  Having a fairly long history of family lore
passed down to me, I can say it's been a practice for
awhile, but I don't know just how long.
Serian

Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Newbie Cook question: I've seen this term before, "al dente" and it
> is probably in some of my modern cookbooks, but what does it mean?
> 
> Was this the way pasta was cooked in period?