Comments on: Pie Fight http://manolofood.com/pie-fight/ Manolo Loves the Food! Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:53:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: La BellaDonna http://manolofood.com/pie-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-58314 La BellaDonna Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:22:04 +0000 http://manolofood.com/pie-fight/#comment-58314 Hola to the Family Henry! When I thicken a stew or a soup, rather than use flour, I will gather up my dehydrated potato flakes. Now, I will not <i>serve</i> reconstituted potatoes (except under duress), but I would rather thicken my foods-needing-thickening with potato, rather than flour, when appropriate - and it usually is. For the more pedestrian, and easily frightened, cook, this means gravy that doesn't accidentally contain lumps of ersatz dumplings, or taste oddly floury. Perhaps you might like to try it yourself sometime, and give us your opinion on the substitution? Hola to the Family Henry! When I thicken a stew or a soup, rather than use flour, I will gather up my dehydrated potato flakes. Now, I will not serve reconstituted potatoes (except under duress), but I would rather thicken my foods-needing-thickening with potato, rather than flour, when appropriate – and it usually is. For the more pedestrian, and easily frightened, cook, this means gravy that doesn’t accidentally contain lumps of ersatz dumplings, or taste oddly floury.

Perhaps you might like to try it yourself sometime, and give us your opinion on the substitution?

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