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I don’t know, there’s a lot of boring old dishes where boiling the water basically all wait time.

Like if I’m making real boring pasta:

1. Xm to boil 2. 10m to cook pasta 3. 3m to microwave meatballs 4. 1m30s to microwave sauce

The meatballs and the sauce both fit within the pasta cook time, so boil time is all wait.

If you take the time to sit on your hands its on you, but I can find no shortage of tasks at home, I could literally be doing chores constantly and still have things to do. I would go off and do stuff like wipe out the sink or take out the compost if I really had no prep work in front of me but something on the stove.

You don't have to wait for the water to boil before adding the pasta. Add it to the cold water; it will work just fine.

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