Re: When Geeks Cook

Michael Thomas <m...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

If anybody were so stupid as to cook cornstarch
like a roux,

Cook it the same way you'd cook a roux? Of course
not! No one capable of distinguishing between butter
and lard would (or could) imagine such a thing....

But you cook out the flavor of a corn starch, just as
you must cook out the flavor of the flour (used in a
roux).

...and I'm sorry to learn about the loss of your
taste buds.


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