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Kitchen Tips and Tricks Slow Cooker Cuisine Soups and Stocks

Thickeners, the Cure for Soupy Stews and Thin Soups

Slow cooker meals are delicious. They cook all day, and fill the house with wonderful smells. After all that cooking, the taste is, well, awesome, but, it’s a little, soupy. Or, even a soup is a little, well, too soupy, it’s good soup, just needs to be a little thicker. You know what I mean,…

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Roux: The First Step to a Good Sauce

We all love thick gravy, creamy Mac and cheese, it’s comfort food. Well, what makes the gravy thick and the Mac and cheese creamy is a Roux. And that’s what I would like to talk about today What is a Roux? I’m sure you’ve all heard of it, and, I’m sure you’ve made it a…