Every cook should have one of these!

I was over spending the day with my grandmother one day and instead of going home for supper, she invited us to stay and eat with them.So, I decided that I would help make the spaghetti she had planned for supper that night.

I was about to get out a regular stock pot for boiling the pasta in, when she handed me a new pasta pot she had just gotten and told me to try it out.It looked pretty neat.It was very lightweight and I could see that it had a coated, non-stick interior and a lid that locked on so that you could pour out the boiling water and drain the pasta.

So, I boiled my water and pasta and after the pasta was cooked, I locked on the lid and went to the sink to drain the pasta.One thing I learned real quick is the use pot-holders.The handles stay cool, however the steam that comes out as you drain the pasta is very very hot and will burn you quickly.Once I got some pot holders though, draining the pasta was a breeze and it was cool not having to drain the pasta in a colander, then transfer it back to the pot to add the butter & sauce.