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FLDG Dishwasher
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm
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Jenise wrote:I can understand why it might TASTE less acidic, but I'm surprised to read that it would actually cut the acidity. And I'm not quite prepared to believe it....
FLDG Dishwasher
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Jenise wrote:Patricia Wells says it does. I'm doing a first-time gratin recipe from her book Simply French for dinner (recipe tomorrow) involving tomatoes, onions and potatoes. She recommends a tablespoon of sugar to reduce the acidity in the tomatoes whose acidty will make it difficult for the potatoes to cook fully. The latter, I get. Been there, seen it. But the former? I can understand why it might TASTE less acidic, but I'm surprised to read that it would actually cut the acidity. And I'm not quite prepared to believe it....
ChefCarey wrote:Jenise wrote:Patricia Wells says it does. I'm doing a first-time gratin recipe from her book Simply French for dinner (recipe tomorrow) involving tomatoes, onions and potatoes. She recommends a tablespoon of sugar to reduce the acidity in the tomatoes whose acidty will make it difficult for the potatoes to cook fully. The latter, I get. Been there, seen it. But the former? I can understand why it might TASTE less acidic, but I'm surprised to read that it would actually cut the acidity. And I'm not quite prepared to believe it....
My strong feeling is the sugar, when all is said and done, would, principally, make the dish sweeter. The rest is something to talk about.
FLDG Dishwasher
31805
Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
ChefCarey wrote:My strong feeling is the sugar, when all is said and done, would, principally, make the dish sweeter. The rest is something to talk about.
John D. Zuccarino wrote:The sugar helps inhance the Amylase
Amylase is a digestive enzyme classified as a saccharidase (an enzyme that cleaves polysaccharides).
Chef, you relly cut to the chase don''t you? BTW,I agree with you.![]()
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