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This kitchen hack has saved many a stove from starchy water. Whenever you're boiling pasta, potatoes or rice, place a wooden spoon over the top of the (unlidded) pot. The spoon will destabilise the bubbles because of its hydrophobic surface. When bubbles touch something below boiling temperature, the steam condenses back to liquid and break the surface tension.

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