As Seen On TV!

Ok, so my mom is one of the most generous people that a person could meet. There is never a time when we get together that she doesn't have something to share with my family. This last visit was no exception. She brought us this gadget of the "As Seen On TV" lot.

May I present to you the Pasta Express! This little baby boasts that it can cook the perfect pasta in minutes. You pick a pasta, put it in the plastic tube, pour boiling water inside, seal it, and wait while it cooks. My daughters were game to give it a go, so we got busy.

We started with our favorite pasta, Angel Hair. I figured that being a skinny pasta, it would cook faster. We poured hot water into the canister and let it sit for a few minutes, allowing it to kind of preheat it, which supposedly helps in the cooking time. We put in the pasta, boiled water, and poured it over the top. This comes with a blue wrap that wraps around the canister, trapping heat as well as protecting your hands from getting burned. 

Total cooking time was a good 8-9 minutes. But...it did work! We had our pasta meal.

So our thoughts? Well, it was alright, but I still prefer the stove method for cooking our pasta. The cooking time was twice as long using the Pasta Express, and the texture was slightly gummy. But overall, it was fun, and I'm glad we tried it. Who knows, it still may come in handy sometime? 

See you soon,