Want some and easy pasta with easy cleanup? well... Pasta Express may be exactly what you're looking for! I boiled up some water in my tea kettle, put some dry mostaccoli in the cyclinder and poured the boiling water in. You cap it up for 8 minutes, and then pour the water out the strainer half of the cap. (the cap is 2 pieces, and the 2nd piece makes it solid) The pasta came out a little chewy, but good. I think if I let the water boil even more intensely and pour it out earlier it may cook even better. The cylinder is about one cubit tall (a cubit is the measure from your elbow to your thumb, according to ancient egyptian pharaohs) and it comes with an insulated sleeve so you can pour without burning yourself.