Tonight I had pasta for my dinner ... !  

I was like this .. earlier that afternoon I'd just gone and laid down .. trying to beat the fatigue that the change of weather has given me this last few days (always happens - any sudden changes in air pressure - I get totally fatigued - even had 12 hours sleep last night and I'm still feeling really tired!) ... when someone banged on the door ... up I got again ... charged off to the door .. bang bang bang again .. OKAY .. I'm coming I hollered. Opened the door and it was a delivery girl ... quite red in the face having carried a large and rather cumbersome parcel down my very long pathway.

Opening up the parcel I first found a "Congratulations on your prize win compliments slip ... " woohooo ... whatever is it I wondered ... ohhh nooo ... it flippin' looks like a deep fat fryer ... another thing I've won and don't want ... but after pulling yet more packing out .. well it didn't look like a fryer anymore ... ohhh my gosh ... it's a pasta cooker ... !!!

Now I do actually eat quite a lot of pasta as it's pretty quick and easy ... so I thought I'd try it out and if I didn't like it I'd auction it off on Ebay.

So I sat and read the instructions ... 10 minutes later I was ready to give it a go ... this is what you do ...

Set up the clock ... (and has a delay cooking timer function too .. all very posh !!) ... then you measure the water (easy) .. then put the pasta in the basket (easy) ... then switch on (easy) ... and go and sit down (really easy).

Now for the clever bits ... the pasta cooker holds the basket up out of the water until the water is boiling ... then gradually it lowers the basket down into the water .... an integral stirrer starts slowly whirling round keeping the pasta on the move through the boiling water ... (and it's got a lid with clever slots in so you can do long spaghetti pasta without breaking it up .. and a natty sauce holder so you can use the heat from the cooking to warm your sauce .. told you it was posh!) ... then one minute before cooking ends it beeps to let you know you can get your plate ready ... precisely 10 minutes from when the basket lowered it slowly rises up again and so draining the pasta for you (and yes I did sit there and watch it happening hehehe !!) ...

I haven't got the best quality pasta in the cupboard at the moment ... just some cheapo pasta .. but I have to say it was absolutely perfectly 'al dente' cooked ... the cooker all comes apart for easy bit by bit cleaning ... and because you can wait until the water has cooled .. there's no hot water for me to contend with (always a danger with weak hands, lack of feeling in my fingers and mobility issues) ... and it was brilliant pasta with every piece separate and perfectly cooked (my own efforts tend to be a bit clumped together and some cooked some not !) ...

Now I only have one problem ... I think I need a second kitchen to store all my gadgets in hahaha !!!

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