You should not cook pasta in water as salty as the ocean, and there is such a thing as too much garlic.

Edit: I liberally but not excessively use salt in pasta water and garlic in dishes which include garlic.

  • Godort@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    You’re right. People don’t realize how salty seawater actually is. What they mean is “your pasta water should be noticeably salty”

    And yes, there is such a thing as too much garlic, but it’s past a whole bulb, so it’s not worth considering.