Melba's Jammin' writes:

>So, what would be your recommendation to me for thickening the
>gravy? Forget the potato starch and the tapioca. I'm thinking I'd
>like to give the arrowroot a shot

Arrowroot is generally at least twice the price of cornstarch and from my one
time order from Penzeys I would not buy it again, since I noticed absolutey not
a whit of difference performance wise from using cornstarch... there's no
discernable thickening power that I could determine, results in exactly the
same transparity and sheen, and maintains its consistancy no differently... and
I doubt there is any meaningful nutritional difference (I've not checked nor do
I intend bothering). The one difference I did notice, a bothersome difference,
is that arrowroot has a "fluffier/poofier/dustier" consistancy which makes it
more messy... no matter how carefully handled it seems to have a mind of it's
own about spreading itself about far and wide.


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