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