I learned cooking by strictly following the recepy. If you do that, for example Pasta Napoli, you will be fine. It’s a simple recepy, but most people like it. And everyone can add salt, parmesan or whatever they like afterwards.

To a certain point, cooking has more to do with seeing what’s happening (when is water boiling, when are onions fried enough etc.) than tasting it. So you should be fine.

Also with Pasta, you just have to feel if it’s soft enough and since you are used to texture you should be even more fine tuned to it ;)

Those balls were nasty as fuck. I remember when I was like 13 and the mouse at my dad’s pc wasn’t working right. A friend recommended cleaning the ball…it was disgusting.