Yep, boiling over and sticking to the pot make for an unpleasant cooking and cleaning experience.
I won't be trying to make a dish like that which absorbs all the water; I'll only be putting the pasta in cold water, then boiling and draining it like usual.
It does usually taste quite good though when you have a dish like that where the pasta absorbs the sauce. I like to use the mini-pasta shapes like stars or orzo, to absorb excess water in stews. They are tiny so they don't take long to get soft. But even those tend to stick to the pot if you don't keep stirring.
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I won't be trying to make a dish like that which absorbs all the water; I'll only be putting the pasta in cold water, then boiling and draining it like usual.
It does usually taste quite good though when you have a dish like that where the pasta absorbs the sauce. I like to use the mini-pasta shapes like stars or orzo, to absorb excess water in stews. They are tiny so they don't take long to get soft. But even those tend to stick to the pot if you don't keep stirring.