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If you’re starving, like “I could eat the box” starving, you can shave off a minute or two. Pull the pasta a little firmer than usual. It will keep cooking in the hot sauce for another minute anyway. That’s called the carryover cook.

Another pro tip: save a cup of that starchy pasta water before you drain it. It’s liquid gold. If your sauce is too thick, a splash of that water loosens it up and helps it cling to the noodles like glitter on a craft project.

Never rinse your spaghetti. I know, your auntie told you to. But rinsing washes away the starch that helps the sauce stick. You want that sticky, saucy love affair, not a sauce slide-off situation.

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Here’s the cheat sheet you can tape to your cupboard: For thin spaghetti (like angel hair), think 4 to 5 minutes. For regular spaghetti, that 8 to 12 minute window is your best friend. For thick spaghetti (like bucatini), bump it to 10 to 13 minutes.

But again, taste is king. I once had a friend who swore by “21-minute spaghetti” because his grandmother said so. I later found out she used a different altimeter for her elevation. Your kitchen is your kitchen—trust your teeth.

And don’t forget: the last minute of boiling is where the magic happens. That’s when the pasta finally surrenders to softness. Yank it off the heat a little early, and you’ll never serve mush again.