Unless you really love salt, you want much less salinity in pasta than the sea (...

		williamdclt on Jan 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that... Unless you really love salt, you want much less salinity in pasta than the sea (1-2% for pasta, 3.5% in the sea). Kenji Alt-Lopez says that you want your pasta water "as salty as you remember the sea is", not as salty as the sea actually is because it's way too much!

Maybe it is not exactly as salty as the sea :)