Quote Originally Posted by noxious.sunshine View Post
Yeah.

Adding salt flavors whatever you're boiling- especially pasta.

You cannot season pasta after it's cooked and get the same effect you would if you'd salted the water.

I always boil my pasta noodles in chicken stock, though. Much nom.
You cannot season anything after its cooked and get the same effect as you would if you'd salted it during cooking.

Salting the water definitely enhances the flavor of whatever you're boiling. It's pretty much the only way to season most things that you are boiling, so it's a pretty common practice.