starch is starch right?

Ben said:

Does it make a difference if I use potato starch instead
of corn starch to thicken a broth? I presume they have the
same effect?

They have different particle sizes, so they have slightly
different lumpiness. Arrowroot is difficult to get into
lumps; corn starch must be carefully stirred to avoid lumps.

They have different impurities so they can trigger different
alergic reactions. Far more people are mildly alergic to
corn than most believe. Fewer are mildly alergic to potatos
without knowing it.

One a scale of 99, they are the same in the 10s digit,
different in the 1s digit.

Doug Freyburger said:

One a scale of 99, they are the same in the 10s digit,
different in the 1s digit.

Ah. From the sounds of it though, with regards to my usage
they could be treated similarly.

Thanks, Ben

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Does it make a difference if I use potato starch instead
of corn starch to thicken a broth? I presume they have the
same effect?

Thanks, Ben

Nope starches are usually quite different in their actions
and temperatures at which thy begin to react. Some will
yield a translucent finished product and some will yield an
opaque result.

For more information go to:

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Dimitri

Dimitri said:

Nope starches are usually quite different in their actions
and temperatures at which thy begin to react. Some will
yield a translucent finished product and some will yield
an opaque result.

For more information go to:

foodsubs.comThickenStarch.htmlOpen ↗

Ah. Very useful!

Thanks, Ben

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Dimitri said:

Nope starches are usually quite different in their
actions and

temperatures

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at which thy begin to react. Some will yield a
translucent finished

product

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and some will yield an opaque result.

For more information go to:

foodsubs.comThickenStarch.htmlOpen ↗

Ah. Very useful!

Thanks, Ben

You're welcome even though you didn't agree with the milk.

;-)

Dimitri

Dimitri said:

You're welcome even though you didn't agree with the milk.

I am glad that it affected Julia in a positive way. I cannot
agree that it was the best course of action to take from the
orthodox perspective (actually I can't agree it was the
correct thing to do from the orthodox perspective.)

regards, Ben