I actually have. A can of tomatoes is (or at least was back then) cheaper than a pack of pasta, and can also last for more than 1 or even 2 servings. If I add (just) butter to the pasta, I’m making it worse because I’m one of the seemingly 5 people on earth who don’t like butter.
But my comment was meant for pasta with (any) sauce, see my other reply.
Yes my statement was probably a bit too broad. I meant any pasta with a sauce you generally don’t want butter (or oil) on, as it causes the sauce to stick less to the pasta. Which is the whole point of having the sauce in the first place.
Even a little bit of butter is great! Also teaches you to cook pasta correctly.
If you’re doing anything with pasta that involves butter you’re doing it wrong, but you do you.
You have luckily never been that poor :-)
I actually have. A can of tomatoes is (or at least was back then) cheaper than a pack of pasta, and can also last for more than 1 or even 2 servings. If I add (just) butter to the pasta, I’m making it worse because I’m one of the seemingly 5 people on earth who don’t like butter.
But my comment was meant for pasta with (any) sauce, see my other reply.
Well you do you then. It was pasta + butter, not anything else.
An Italian home cooking staple is pasta with butter and sage. Just melt the butter with the sage and gently fry while boiling the pasta
Yes my statement was probably a bit too broad. I meant any pasta with a sauce you generally don’t want butter (or oil) on, as it causes the sauce to stick less to the pasta. Which is the whole point of having the sauce in the first place.