So you're cooking dinner for your family. I love to cook. Kids demand spaghetti, sausages, Italian all the way. Garlic bread and so on. (Later you make your own burger. But on to the question..)
You're making the pasta. Which you like. A lot. You're about to test it. You pop one in your mouth and the LC angel in you says "you did what?" I mean, you gotto test for al dente. What to do!
You spit? Or swallow?
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I get the kid to taste it. He's the one who has to eat it.