Eli5 – Boiling differences between pasta and egg

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How come when you boil pasta it makes it soft but when you boil and egg it makes it hard

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They’re made of different things. Pasta is a starch that will absorb water and become softer.

Eggs in the other hand are mainly fats and proteins. When fats and proteins are heated they denature and coagulate.

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