geepondy
Flashlight Enthusiast
How do you stop the damn noodles from sticking together? I am not a great cook but make a pretty decent lasagna that I cook for friends from time to time and extracting the noodles from the pot is always an adventure that generally results in burnt fingers. I pull them from the pot after it's done piece by piece as I need them and it takes 12 pieces to complete my lasagna. By the time I am done, I am lucky if I get 12 complete pieces from cooking a whole box. I read to try putting some oil in the water and that will stop them from sticking. I do that and it does help but it also clouds the water so I can't see what I'm doing. I try to use tongs to extract the noodles, blindly sticking them into the cloudy water but the lasagna noodles end up ripping that way. So what I usually do is use a spatula to lift the lasagna noodle out of the pot sufficient enough so I can grab it with my hands. Before grabbing it with my hands, I run my hands under cold water but still usually burn them. Surely there's a better way.