Noodles cook after operas? - here is "Al Dente" the noodle timer. I play three different melodies at three different times....never again noodles without bite! How am I dearest used? - bring seawaters to cook, me together with the noodles into the pot and wait for the opera : After 7 min. I play the Triumhmarch from Aida, after 9 min. draws it from me the prisoner choir from Nabucco after 11 min. brings I La Donna e mobile from Rigoletto. Life span approx.. 1 1/2 year - and/or. 300 cook procedures. Food-suited - completely innocuously