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Try the starch to see if there’s any bitterness from the tannins, and if there’s not, discard the last bit of water.5 DELICIOUS SNACKS YOU CAN FORAGE IN THE CITYVANESSA HUAFEBRUARY 7, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
The bleaching process also raises the acidity of the batter, which allows the starch in the flour to absorb more moisture, further enhancing the cake’s tenderness.FOUR TIPS FOR BAKE-OFF WORTHY CAKESBY SAVEURJANUARY 12, 2021POPULAR SCIENCE
The starches start cross-linking in a layer on the outside of the potato pieces.HOW TO MAKE CRISPY, GOLDEN POTATOES, EVERY TIMEBECKY KRYSTALDECEMBER 18, 2020WASHINGTON POST
It’s high in starch, with 24 grams of carbs per quarter-cup serving, which means it can bind doughs together and create a chewy texture.A CURIOUS EATER'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE FLOURSCHRISTINE BYRNEDECEMBER 15, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Scrape the starch into the bowl with the potatoes and gently mix all the ingredients to combine.THIS CRISP, CLASSIC POTATO LATKE RECIPE DELIVERS A SATISFYING, CELEBRATORY CRUNCHOLGA MASSOVNOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Starch-granules are recognized by their concentric striations and the fact that they stain blue with iodin solutions.A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
Starch-granules sometimes retain their original form, but are ordinarily not to be recognized except by their staining reaction.A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
Starch is insoluble in cold water, but by boiling, it dissolves, forming a thick paste.ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSON
Mandy Ann had put on her best frock, a white one, stiff with starch, and standing out like a small balloon.THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMES
Have ready some very clear and weak gum-arabic water, or some thin starch, or rice-water.THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
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WORDS RELATED TO STARCH
- boiler plate
- characterless
- clichéd
- colorless
- conventional
- corny
- customary
- dime-a-dozen
- familiar
- familiar tune
- garden variety
- hackneyed
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- mainstream
- matter-of-course
- mediocre
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- middling
- mundane
- natural
- normal
- obvious
- ordinary
- pedestrian
- plebeian
- prevalent
- prosaic
- run-of-the-mill
- stale
- starch
- stereotyped
- threadbare
- trite
- typical
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- uninteresting
- unnoteworthy
- vanilla
- widespread
- workaday
- worn-out
- ability
- allowance
- backbone
- bearing
- capacity
- continuing
- cool
- coolness
- courage
- enduring
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- fortitude
- grit
- guts
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- heart
- holding up
- intestinal fortitude
- mettle
- moxie
- patience
- perseverance
- persistence
- pertinacity
- pluck
- resignation
- resistance
- resolution
- restraint
- spunk
- stamina
- standing
- starch
- strength
- submission
- sufferance
- suffering
- tenacity
- tolerance
- toleration
- undergoing
- vitality
- will
- withstanding
- ardor
- brio
- calenture
- dash
- drive
- eagerness
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- force
- ginger
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- heartiness
- heat
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- life
- light
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- luster
- passion
- pep
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- radiance
- red heat
- scintillation
- snap
- sparkle
- spirit
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- starch
- verve
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- virtuosity
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- zeal
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- backbone
- boldness
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- fearlessness
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- intrepidity
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- moxie
- nerve
- patience
- perseverance
- pith
- pluck
- resoluteness
- resolution
- spine
- spirit
- spunk
- stamina
- starch
- staying power
- stick-to-itiveness
- stomach
- stoutheartedness
- tenacity
- true grit
- valiancy
- valor
- valorousness
- what it takes
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