Pasta - Why salt the water and not the dough?

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That is an awful lot of water. I stick with Kenji and McGee and use a lot less water.

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Does anyone here feel like better quality pasta has better tasting starch? (Maybe my imagination.)

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Thanks for the info, feedback, and discussion everyone. Here is Kenji (from Serious Eats) reddit response to the same question I posted. It’s long so I’m providing the link instead of copying the text here.