The Most Common Cooking Mistakes We All Make Daily

You're Adding Oil to Your Pasta Water

Some people think that adding olive oil to your pasta water helps your pasta not stick. This is wrong. Even if your grandmother does it, this is just a waste of perfectly good olive oil. You do not need to put anything in a pasta pot except for salt and water. 

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