Common Cooking Mistakes that will Ruin Your Food

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Adding Oil To Pasta Water (to Make it Less Sticky)

Your pasta might be made slicker and less sticky if cooked in oily cooking water, but you'll end up with equally oily pasta that won't hold a sauce to save its life. That just leaves you with dull, flavorless pasta that slips off your fork for each bite. 

Here are 6 more pasta mistakes you should never make.