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Can I use tapioca pearls for thickening?
A friend of mine went shopping in an Asian market. I asked them to bring me tapioca starch. They brought me a package of small tapioca pearls.
Is there any way to use the pearls as I would use the ...
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Can we digest raw starch?
One of the wisdoms passed on early in my family is not to eat certain types of food raw, because they will cause bellyache. It is regarded common sense on par with not to touch a hot stove because it ...
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Is there an authoritative source on whether salt affects pasta stickiness?
The Seasoned Advice answer to Why add salt to the water when cooking pasta? is that it makes the pasta less sticky by inhibiting starch gelation. This seems to be a controversial question, with lots ...
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Can you help me get my cream pie filling stiff enough?
Everytime I make a pie, I get a different result as far as the stiffness of the pie. I am trying to perfect coconut cream pie (and other cream pies).
I have been researching Shirley O, Corriher ...
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Is there a product available that is pre-gelatinized starch and what product name is it sold with?
I am trying to make packets of instant pudding that do not need heating, in order to thicken the mix to form a cold dessert. Some sanity has to be found in my kitchen, as most foods are home cooked ...
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Why does rice flour or cornstarch produce crispier crusts than wheat flour?
If you add a percentage of rice flour or cornstarch to any sort of breading or pancake, you get a much crispier crust than one made with 100% wheat flour. The Vietnamese banh xeo, which is like a ...
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Will adding lemon juice to non-wheat pastas make them starchier?
I read in this question: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/2574/why-add-salt-to-the-water-when-cooking-pasta that adding an acid like lemon juice to water you're cooking pasta in will help ...
