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On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:17:24 -0500, jmcquown >
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> On 11/24/2014 1:59 AM, wrote:
> > On Monday, November 24, 2014 12:15:47 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message:
> >>
> >>> I always keep a small canister of
> >>> Wondra in my pantry... gets used quite often.
> >>
> >> Wondra is pre-cooked.
> >>
> >>

> > No, it's not.
> >

>
http://bakingbites.com/2008/05/what-is-wondra-flour/
>
> "The process is called pregelatinization, and it involve heat a starch
> (flour) with very hot water and/or steam, then drying it out, so that it
> has essentially been cooked already."
>


Sounds similar to what they do to convert rice.


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