SC - Catalan/Libre de Sent Sovi
margali
margali at 99main.com
Sat Mar 25 05:59:52 PST 2000
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?
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