‘I have been doing it wrong my whole life’: Mum is shocked after discovering the ‘correct’ way to drain pasta with a colander
- A hack demonstrating the ‘correct’ way to drain pasta has resurfaced online
- It involves placing the sifter in the pot, then pouring the boiling water out
- While the water passes through the pasta, rice or noodles remain in the pot
- Mum Leanna was shocked she hadn’t thought to try the method before
- ‘I have been doing it wrong my whole life,’ she wrote and shared a video online
A mum-of-two has discovered a completely new method of draining pasta with a colander.
Leanne, from Australia, was shocked to learn the ‘correct’ way to drain pasta without removing it from the pot.
The hack involves covering the pot with the sifter or colander, inverted-side down, then pouring the boiling water through the sieve while holding the strainer and pot together over the sink.
The result shows the drained pasta remaining inside the pot while the empty sifter is put aside after emptying out the water.
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The hack involves covering the pot with the sifter, inverted-side down, then pouring the boiling water through the sieve while holding the strainer and pot together over the sink
After seeing the hack online, Leanne thought to try the hack while making two-minute noodles when she was home sick.
‘I have been doing it wrong my whole life,’ she wrote and shared a video on Instagram.
The clever hack first surfaced on TikTok last year after a man, believed to be from the UK, demonstrated the ‘wrong’ and ‘correct’ methods of draining the cooking water in the sink.
The clever hack first surfaced on TikTok last year after a man, believed to be from the UK, demonstrated the ‘wrong’ and ‘correct’ methods of draining the cooking water in the sink
The man said the ‘life hack’ just ‘makes life easier’, saying ‘I usually cook a lot of pasta in one go so doing it this way puts less strain on your wrist.’
‘How you’ve probably been doing it all your life,’ the man said while showing the ‘wrong’ method of pouring cooked pasta directly into the sifter like most people do.
The man said the ‘life hack’ just ‘makes life easier’, saying ‘I usually cook a lot of pasta in one go so doing it this way puts less strain on your wrist.’
Leanne’s video has since been viewed more than 19,000 times, with many also left surprised by the clever method.
‘Whoa great idea! Why didn’t I think of that?!’ one person wrote.
‘Discovered this same trick yesterday when draining my washed rice! Game changer!’ another said.
A third added: ‘Whaaaat?! Genius!’
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