Olive oil on the left: couscous on the right

Despite what you might have heard from the likes of Gordon Ramsay, most experts agree that nope ― you probably shouldn’t put olive oil in your pasta water.

Not only is it unlikely ot keep your spaghetti from sticking to itself (regular agitation can do that), but the pros reckon it’s a waste of a pricey ingredient.

So I was pretty surprised to read that it might genuinely help to get another........

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