On Mon 23 Jun 2008 08:54:04p, Leonard Blaisdell told us...

> In article 0>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>
>> Some folks do, others don't. My mom always put the dried beef in a
bowl,
>> pour boiling water over it, let it stand a couple of minutes, then
drained
>> and dried it.
>
> I'm curious and may learn something. Why dry it again? It is going back
> into a milk sauce and what little water adhered would make little
> difference, would it? I seriously dry anything going into hot oil. I'm
> not too serious about drying much else.
> I waste plenty of time doing prep stuff as it is.
>
> leo
>

Better that it isn't dripping wet when added to the sauce so as not to
dilute it. It's just pressed between paper towels.

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Wayne Boatwright
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