Vanessa: In dire need of a cooking advice - please help! How can I prevent my pasta from clumping?
Jessie: When does it happen? When you're cooking or after?
Vanessa: Both, sometimes I managed to cook it already and then the disaster happens, sometimes it's just a disaster from the beginning. I think I'm pretty useless in the kitchen
Claire: After cooking, you should rinse it in cold water
Jessie: Hm, yes, that should do the trick, but I don't think it's the best way, especially if you want to eat it after cooking
Vanessa: Well of course I do
Jessie: Rinsing pasta in cold water it surely will prevent it from clumping, but then you end up with cold pasta ;) also you rinse out the starch that helps the sauce to stick nicely
Jessie: I always add a bit of olive oil to the water when cooking, it should do the trick. If you don't want to eat immediately you can also add a little bit after cooking
Vanessa: Thank you so much!
Vanessa's pasta always clumps. Claire recommends to rinse pasta in cold water. Jessie's advise is to put some olive oil to the water.