I bought some fettuccine noodles and they were taking forever to cook I cooked them for like 25 minutes and then I thought they were finally done but while I was eating them some of the noodles were a bit chewy and now my stomach hurts… am I gonna be ok?
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You’ll be okay the stomach acid will break it down
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Chewy pasta shouldn’t make you sick. Are you still feeling sick?
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My stomach is just a little uncomfortable but I’m drinking a soda and it’s helping
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maybe just the texture and the uncookness is just making you feel a bit queezy. like as in its not food poisoning or anything just was kinda gross? Do you usually wait for the water to be boiling before adding the noodles? i find that helps. like if you put the pasta in while the water is not boiling they can come up soggy and uncooked cause they rehydrate and soak up a bunch of water but dont actually reach temperature. i learned that the hard way once lol. When i was homeless i bought a box of macaroni thinking i could just rehydrate the noodles and eat it without boiling water lol i always thought the noodles were cooked and you just had to rehydrate them. its not its dehydrated raw dough right… anyways hope your feeling ok man
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It shouldn’t have taken 25 minutes, it should have taken 9-12 minutes. You overcooked them. Like @POET says, boil the water and stick the noodles in and cook them according to the package directions. I would bet good money the package says boil them from 9-12 minutes. I doubt eating overcooked noodles is going to make you really sick. Cooking them too long just affects the texture as you found out.
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But they still tasted chewy at 12 minutes that’s why I cooked them longer
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9-12 minutes. Maybe they were ready at the nine minute mark. Follow the package instructions next time and when the minimum time comes eat a few noodles to test them out. They should be al dente at 9 minutes and if you test them and they are the right consistency and texture quit cooking them. Once you hit the 9 minute mark test them every 40 seconds until they’re the right texture. I am 100% sure you don’t cook fettuccine noodles more than 15 minutes and that’s probably too long.
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