My cup runneth over
If you live alone and aren’t particularly busy then you might never have had this problem. However, pasta water boiling over is the bane of busy and distracted home chefs everywhere. Not only does it leave a mess, in my kitchen the steam sets off the smoke alarm resulting in crying children to add to the chaos.
There’s a simple hack to stopping this from happening during your next cooking session. Once the pan of water is boiling, place a wooden spoon across the top of the pot. The magic is actually physics, as the dry wood destabilizes the bubbles and makes the foam withdraw.