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Ed Pawlowski

On 10/22/2016 10:03 AM, 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
>

Men often have problems with using a whisk due to over-use of the wrist
in their teen years.