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Default Freeze-proof thickener??


"BeartoothHOS" > wrote in message
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> Somewhere recently, I read that if you use a certain thickener
> for sauces and gravies, you can freeze and thaw them without making them
> go all thin on you; but I can't remember what thickener it was?
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> Who knows?
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> Beartooth Implacable, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
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When you thicken a sauce with Arrowroot the sauce loses its thick character
when it cools and you try to reheat it. You basically have to start over.
I make all my sauces with light or brown roux. They retain their thickness
always, when reheated, or when frozen and thawed and reheated.

Kent