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Default Dinner then lunch

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> Gary wrote:
> > Dinner last night was beef vegetable soup with a good handful
> > of barley tossed in. Once cooked, broth was thickened a bit
> > with cornstarch. Good one.
> >

> Why did you feel the need to add cornstarch to thicken the soup? The barley,
> if not rinsed, will do that as it cooks.


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