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Default Making a White Sauce

On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 9:04:05 AM UTC-5, wrote:
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> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:42:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
> >
> >If you add the milk to the roux in a hot pan it tends to coagulate very
> >quickly and you end up with a lumpy sauce. It is not the end of the
> >world. You and whisk it like mad for a long time or maybe use a stick
> >blender to removed the lumps. It is easier to simply take it off the
> >heat and avoid the lumps.
> >

> Clearly, judging by other responses, this is a male thing - women are
> more dextrous and can do two things at once successfully
>
>

Hahahaaaaa, yes! No lumpy gravy here with the pan left on the
heat.