Quote Originally Posted by ChrisH View Post
Use plenty of water in a big pan.
Add enough salt
Don't add oil
Wait until the water is boiling before adding pasta
Stir during cooking

http://www.cookingindex.com/info/18/...a-properly.htm
hehehehe, guess I should have read the replies before cooking. I tend to get a little nuts about the way pasta is cooked as there is nothing worse than bad pasta and nothing better than when it is cooked well.