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Bob Pastorio
 
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Miche wrote:

> In article >,
> Bob Pastorio > wrote:
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>>Miche wrote:

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>>>Arrowroot thins out again on standing. It needs to be added right
>>>before serving.

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>>I don't agree. It will thin if held on heat for a protracted period or
>>if overwhisked because of the stress ("sheer") on starch strings.
>>Otherwise, it works as well as any starch and better than most.
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>>If you want the technical stuff, start here for how the starch is
>>tested. <http://www.starch.dk/isi/methods/19brabenderNotes.htm>

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> It's possible that the source of my info was wrong. Thank you for
> posting the right answer.


Look at that. Together we struck a blow for scientific accuracy and
nice shiny sauces.

Our work here is done...

Pastorio