Whats a good way to tell if noodles are ready?

Lol, I eat noodles everyday & I always set the stove on max high, cuz that's how fast I want my noodles to be cooked.

It really depends on how I want my noodles. Sometimes I want it slimy, sometimes I want it firm, but at the same time, it depends on the flavor that was brought with the noodles, that modifies the noodles.

For example: If you get chicken flavored, then your noodles will easily become 'slimy'. If you get beef flavor, your noodles will become 'firmer' than 'slimy'.

But sometimes I want my noodles firm, just by looking at the color: You just have to look at the color of the noodle while it's boiling:

Gold yellow: Firm

to

Light yellow: Slimy

There's also another trick that I learned from watching the Amanda Bynes show, and I've used it quite ever since:

Just throw one noodle at the wall. If it sticks, it's ready, if not, then it's NOT ready to eat. I even do that to my spaghetti noodles.

As impatient as you may be, you shouldn't turn the heat up to "excelerate" time as food will not be cooked properly from the inside out. Food needs to be cooked at the apropriate temperature and cooked for however long it needs to be, it is so then the inside of the food will be cooked the same as the outside, because the outside "layer" will not cook any further but the inside will. Also with the noodles tasting "slimy" you maybe adding too much water to your noodles, would suggest looking on cooking websites on how to prepare noodles, as am no pro (only 16 years old)

Place them into a pot of boiling water and when it gets back to the boil set the timer for 7 minutes and reduce the heat to a simmer, low enough so they continue to move about in the water.

After six minutes begin to test them for softness.

Drain them well in a sieve, and then return the noodles to the pot and the pot to the oven and let it steam for a minute and then turn off the heat. Let it dry for as long as possibleso that when you serve you don't get a plateful of water.

You will hace a plate of perfectly cooked pasta.

H-man

I don't have a set time either to cook noodles but the way I tell if they are ready is by poking a fork through the noodles. If the fork goes through easily they are ready.

First: Put the stove on high until the water in the pot is boiling. Do not turn the stove down. Next: pour the pasta in, stir every 1 to 2 minutes so that the pasta doesn't get stuck to the bottom of the pot. Keep taking pieces out of the pot and testing the textures. Third: when you get to a texture you like strain the pasta and enjoy!:) Hope this helps! (Ps. I like my pasta best when it is not hard and crunchy but not melting in my mouth either. So, kind of firm)

When it nears the end of cooking time, I dig one out and taste it. If I like how it tastes and feels when I chew, I drain it then. Otherwise I wait a few minutes longer and taste again. It's my pasta and I cook it how I like it. Do the same. You might like them cooked less than others.

My favorite is take out one noodle and throw it at the wall. If it sticks it's done. But if it falls it's not ready.

tasting them is a good way but it depends on how you like your noodles