Answer to Question #164601 in English for Ihab

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Pasta is far easier to cook than to classify. Choose a good brand made exclusively from durum wheat. Boil water, add coarse salt, toss in the pasta, and stir to prevent sticking. Check regularly by biting a piece in two. Chew attentively, testing for firmness without a hint of granularity against the teeth – perfectly cooked pasta is al dente, literally “to tooth”. Then scan the remaining section that faint white trace in the middle that some Italians call anima, the soul, of perfectly cooked pasta. Don’t add oil to the water or on any account throw a strand of pasta against the wall to see if it sticks. Italians never heard of these bizarre, mutations probably born in the 19^th century United States that are about as Italian as canned elbow macaroni.

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Answer 1

Purpose: Describing the process of preparing pasta.

Topic: Cooking pasta

Pattern of Organization and details: Chronological Pattern

Main idea: Pasta is far easier to cook than to classify