Use 1.5 quarts (6 cups) of water in the pot for every pound of pasta you cook <-- Conserve Water <-- Cut back on water use <-- Water
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The back of the box of pasta usually recommends 4-6 quarts, so this is about 60-75% less. Just make sure you stir more often than usual to make sure it cooks evenly.
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"What do you think about the 'Toddy'? It is a cold brew system that yields concentrated coffee, reuseable filters and no electricity to make. To drink, you dilute it for iced coffee or heat in microwave?.....refrigerate it.... or i s there another system for us caffeine drawn masses?"
DelozierLahr on 8/8/2009 about the action Cut back on how much coffee you drink, or stop all together