Al dente

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Al dente is an Italian culinary term meaning pasta or other food cooked so as to be still firm when bitten, considered the ideal texture.

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Mentioned once in Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name.

Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name

Season 5 · Episode 10 · S05E10

“I specifically requested my macaroni & cheese al denté.”
— Young Frasier

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