Do you trust your gf, bf, wife, husband or partner to cook pasta al dente? Or do they let you to cook pasta while they cook the sause - even if its their turn to cook?
I don't trust anyone to cook the pasta. There's nothing worse than undercooked or overcooked pasta. Pasta has got to be just right.
Bragging that I lived in Italy for fifteen years , my Mum In Law would have beat me with a spoon if I got it wrong .
Food over there would have been yummy - especially when allowing for differences between Westernised and authentic Italian dishes.
@SamKerry Absolutely , the mum in law , made a lot of her own pasta , especially , the ravioli were to die for. The nearest ' fast food ' place was about 30 Kms away .