Re: [BKARTS] Rice Starch Paste

[Dave Allen <allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jet,
I too use rice starch and it makes the smoothest paste I have ever used 
BUT I certainly can't keep it more than a week without it going bad by 
growing yeast. I even use Thymol in it to make sure it doesn't go moldy 
but it certainly turns to alcohol quickly. How do you keep it a few months?
Dave


J. J. Foncannon wrote:
> Should be simple.  I mix starch in COLD water, 1 part starch, 5 parts water.  Mix thoroughly.  Put in the microwave,
> cook, stirring occasionally, till thick.  Seems to work no matter what sort of starch I use.    I then mix 1-1 with
> PVAC, processing in a blender till smooth.  I mix up enough to last 4-6 months.
> Jet
>
> Mary Yordy wrote:
>   
> > In the lab where I work, we use wheat starch paste, but at home I have been
> > trying Belgian rice starch paste.  I have made good, working consistency
> > pastes with this in a double boiler after soaking the mixture for a while,
> > but proportions were a bit of a mystery, and I often had to cook it quite a
> > while to get the consistency I wanted.   A couple of weeks ago, I made the
> > best paste ever by pouring a slurry made of 1/8 cup poured into just
> > boiling water.  Almost immediately I had wonderful, clear, slightly thick
> > paste.  However, when I tried to repeat this, it did not have the same
> > wonderful result.  The slurry didn't disperse well.   Rather hard fragments
> > formed, almost like wax in water.  I managed to get something I could use
> > out of it with some work, but I wonder what was different.  I'm sure the
> > proportions weren't, but timing and temperature may have varied.  Any
> > thoughts or directions?
> >
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