Tried the $1.25 store brand pasta instead of my usual $3 box and my kids noticed at dinner
So money was tight two weeks ago and I grabbed the cheap spaghetti at the grocery outlet in Reno, 4 boxes for $5, and figured nobody would know the difference. My 9 year old took two bites and asked why the noodles felt weird, and honestly she was right, the texture was kind of mushy no matter how I timed it. It held sauce okay but the next night I made the regular kind and everyone cleaned their plates again. I still have two boxes sitting in the pantry and I'm not sure if I should use them up or just call it a loss. Has anyone found a cheap pasta brand that actually holds up? Or a trick like adding oil or salting different to fix the mush?