Why is there a 'film' on my skillet after boiling pasta?

[PamperedK]

I only have the Family Skillet but I use it for everything! I just started using it for pasta but the last 2 times I used it for pasta, I've noticed a 'film' type thing around the top where the water boiled...it peels off and feels almost like a thin paper or plastic...I'm thinking it has to do with the starch in the pasta, but do you guys have any other ideas?

 

[JAE]

I only have the Family Skillet but I use it for everything! I just started using it for pasta but the last 2 times I used it for pasta, I've noticed a 'film' type thing around the top where the water boiled...it peels off and feels almost like a thin paper or plastic...I'm thinking it has to do with the starch in the pasta, but do you guys have any other ideas?

That would be my guess, too.

 

[rennea]

It is starch and if you have trouble getting it all off, vinegar works wonders for it.

 

[PamperedK]

Ok great - so I don't have to worry about it being in our food then! Thanks!

 

[pamperedlinda]

Do you salt your water? It could also be salt residue.

 

[rennea]

Ok great - so I don't have to worry about it being in our food then! Thanks!

Do you have the skimmer? I use it to get the starch off the top, works great. We don't have very good water here and I think if your water isn't great it makes it worse. Then I started to notice that it was leaving marks in the bottom of my pots so I just put some vinegar in them and it took it off.

 

[PamperedK]

I don't salt my water, and I don't have a skimmer yet, but it might be worth getting since I won't be getting more cookware for a while.

 

[stefani2]

I always get that 'film' with boiling pasta in my Executive Set. I just assumed it was the starch as well.

 

[Ginger428]

I get it all the time as well..I just wash it out & hang it up.

 

[tlag1986]

I've gotten it and believe it is starch the same as the others on this post.