Pasta should go into boiling water. AIBU?

[MadMaryBoddington]

Dh cooks pasta by putting it into a pan of cold water then putting it onto the hob. HIBU isn’t he?

I am aware that I have no moral high ground and that if I want it doing a certain way, I should just do it myself. But he’s still wrong, isn’t he?

I put it to you, MN jury...

Gnocchi goes into hot water! Or yes fry it in butter. I can't even imagine how disgusting gnocchi would be if thrown into cold water and heated up.

Here's my mother's recipe from the 70's: Buy cheapest mince possible, from the market, or frozen. Not actual dog mince though - one step above that. Place in pan and cover with cold water. Boil until the scum rises, and add a crumbled Oxo cube. No need to do anything about the scum! Continue to boil hard until the potatoes are also done (plain, boiled). Serve, complete with the watery, greasy gravy. The globules of fat on top of this liquid are 'the goodness'

Are you my SIL, Wizard ? Because this is my MIL's recipe too ( Family Secret - handed down through generations etc)

She could get 3 pints of gravy from a single Oxo cube. And she boiled everything, including PORK! You'd be served a soggy lump of rancid skin with the words "Don't forget the crackling". (Er - no! Crackling is crisp -that's why it "crackles".)

Vegetarianism called me quickly - but when everything is boiled into submission, it all becomes grey and indistinguishable. We only accepted invitations to their house under duress.

My experience is that achieving this has more to do with the quality of the pasta than the cooking method.

Well, the bronze die stuff is really nice ...

Italian here. Boiling water, salt, add pasta, rolling boil until slightly soft, still "al dente" in middle. Use the biggest pan you have, you don't need olive oil, and never, ever rinse, you need the remnants of the warm salty water to infuse with your sauce of choice. I also mainly use fresh egg pasta, quicker to cook, and tastes so much better.

I also mainly use fresh egg pasta, quicker to cook, and tastes so much better.

I'm sure there's another thread to be had about making your own pasta ... (shamed at once-used rolling machine ...)

I'm a horrendous cook but even I would never put pasta in cold water. My chef DH would probably divorce me.