The type of thickener can also affect the flavor and harmony of the overall pie.
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Needles are the sought-after portion of the fins, used as thickener in the soup.
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The fruit is a natural thickener, so 10 minutes in the pot and it's ready to go.
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This is dried and the starch is used in foods like this, probably as a thickener.
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Beans, in addition to stretching out the recipe, also tend to work as a thickener.
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They figured he was having difficulty feeding, and they added a thickener to help.
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Continue to whisk soup over heat to be sure there are no clumps of thickener.
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Food companies use the substance as a thickener and stabilizer in various products.
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Sedimentation operates by passing water into a large thickener or clarifier.
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Thickening: any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"
Thickening agents, or thickeners, are substances which, when added to an aqueous mixture, increase its viscosity without substantially modifying its other properties, such as taste. They provide body, increase stability, and improve suspension of added ingredients. ...
(Thickeners) Material added to the resin to thicken it so that it will not flow as readily.
Thickeners usually are metal soaps (soap-thickened) but also organic or inorganic thickening agents (not soap-thickened as e. g. silica, bentone, urea, PTFE etc.).
The equipment in which flocculation is carried out
Large circular tank in which solids settle slowly and form a slurry which is continuously removed from below while fairly clear water overflows. Also called a clarifier.
Equipment or process that increases the concentration of solids in sludge after gravity sedimentation.
Apparatus for reducing the proportion of water in a pulp
Inert composition formulated for intermixing with thin viscosity ink or dye to increase body or add bulk.