Good morning/afternoon!
I often seek advice and information from various sources and in so doing I hope I am getting good, quality, reliable advice and information. Hope is all I can do since I am not an expert or I don’t know enough and hence my need to seek third party help.
In the past, it was the case I would go the the library and use some sort of reference book and I guess in those days the chances of you getting good advice were high. That is just a guess, but I would suggest it is not far from the truth since the chances of someone writing a reference book with bad or poor quality information are likely to be low. Nevertheless, it is possible that even then you may have received some “bum” advice.
But now in the age of plastic, I am constantly bombarded with advice/information I don’t need and increasingly I get the feeling it is mostly rubbish and inaccurate. If I bother to read it or if I am enticed to read it, then I do worry if I am going to regret it, perhaps a little like this post, you may have concluded by now, and thinking or saying to yourself, “what am I doing here reading this drivel?”.
Dat kan ook!
Let me get to the point and let me share something with you that I saw just a few minutes ago.
Getting to the point ... Click hare to git to the point
Brits urged to pour boiled pasta water in garden
That click bait papped up on my computer screen and as someone who cooks pasta and as someone who is trying to take up a bit of gardening I thought, “Hey ho! In for a pinny, in fir a pound!”. I thought “Wow!” let’s find out why I should pour boiled pasta water in garden, why not? I should point out that maybe the mistake I made in choosing to read this was it says “Brits urged …” and so I should have realised then that as I am not a “Brit” this does not apply to me and so I shouldn’t read it. Nevertheless I did read it and boy did I get confused!
Read on, dear reader because here is the interesting part.
Confusion? How can such an innocent article lead to confusion? Maybe it is designed to confuse those who are not Brits, yet foolish enough to read it.
Just in case, here is the article, which you can choose to read or not, whether you are a Brit or not 
Click bait - Brits urged to pour boiled pasta water in garden
In case the article is not available at a later date or even in your part of the world, here is what it went on to say and I quote
“Brits are being urged to pour the water they boiled pasta into their garden. Pasta is a delicious, carbohydrate-rich meal that releases energy slowly over time after it is eaten. It can also be paired with a huge variety of ingredients, depending on your personal tastes, tuna and tomato being two very popular additions. After you have finished softening the pasta, experts have suggested keeping hold of the water in the pan and putting it to good use. But there is one thing people should bear in mind.”
“Specialists say the nutrients in the water can be good for plants, albeit mildly.”
However, the liquid should not contain salt and should be left to cool before you pour it onto your flower beds.
“It is also a good way to save water as you are using, (granted, only a small mount) less from the mains.”
At this point I did a double take.
“the liquid should not contain salt”
I have never cooked pasta when salt has not been added to the water in which the past is boiled. In fact I have seen so many times cooks, chefs and other professionals extolling the importance of adding salt to water used to cook pasta. I have even seen some saying add extra salt, but never have I seen anyone say cook pasta in water but do not add salt.
The article goes on to say …
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"Homes & Gardens wrote: "Our team of gardening experts were in agreement: pasta water is a good way to save water and, provided it’s not salted or seasoned, won’t harm your plants.
“And while it might be able to offer very mild fertilisation, it shouldn’t be substituted for your usual house plant feed.”"
Garden writer Simon Akeroyd wrote: "Don’t throw away the water you cooked your pasta in.
"Allow it to cool and then use it to feed and water your plants.
"It acts as a tonic or feed supplement for your plants.
"Pasta water contains lots of starch which my encourages soil microbes and healthy plant growth.
"Pasta water also contains a few nutrients such as calcium, potassium and iron which can help boost plant growth and act as a support to other plant feeds.
“If the pasta water is very starchy you can water it down as too much starch could encourage mould to form.”
I rather thought this was a nice way to spend a bit of idle time that I had on my hands. I rather enjoyed it and I hope that maybe you, dear reader enjoyed it too.
In closing, I should state that I thought the article (original) was total and utter rubbish since it suggests something that I imagine 99.9% of pasta eaters would never do i.e. cook pasta in water does that not contain salt and as such this advice which is aimed at Brits to pour boiled pasta water in garden is totally and utterly useless.
And it’s not often I say this, but that was amongst the most useless articles I have ever read, nevertheless, I can still take a positive from it, which is that whilst I may never use this advice to my benefit, it did allow me to write this rather silly post which I must say and I guess I am repeating myself here, I say I am repeating myself here, I am on a high right now, feeling pretty pleased with myself. And this brings me nicely to go away and cook myself something to eat (not pasta, though it is on the menu for later in the week as is vegetarian sushi which will be cooked to the instructions posted on this very site by a fellow whose name I dare not mention in case he gets tarnished with the same brush as me 
Thank you so much for reading this.
This article comes with no warnings, no disclaimers and it will not self destruct and it will not harm you (at least I hope it will not harm you).
Now here’s the funny thing about this language, have I just contradicted myself by the above sentence i.e. is the above sentence “This article comes with no warnings, no disclaimers and it will not self destruct and it will not harm you (at least I hope it will not harm you).” is just that is it not i.e. a disclaimer of sorts?
And so it gets weirder …
“Now here’s the funny thing about this language” - what’s so funny about that? Nothing!!
Oh dear!
Jim
the taste of it and it lubricates the pasta, but also it means that the remaining pasta sans most of the sauce that has been eaten is tasty just on its own because it is glazed with delicious olive oil.