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When boiling pasta or potatoes, a couple of drops of oil added to the water will usually keep it from boiling over. I prefer olive oil, but I'm sure any oil will work as a bubble breaker.
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When boiling pasta or potatoes, a couple of drops of oil added to the water will usually keep it from boiling over. I prefer olive oil, but I'm sure any oil will work as a bubble breaker.
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Mel,
Thanks for the tip. My mom always told me to put in some salt; I forget why, but I know there was a reason!
Can you tell I inherited neither my mom's good cooking genes, nor my dad's chef genes! :)
BTW: What is the salt for, again?
Posted on August 23, 2005 2:08 PM