Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, Blinky the Shark > said:
>
>> I made this today, and I'd like an opinion or two from the Esteemed Pie
>> Makers Of RFC (EPMORFC).
>>
>> http://www.producepete.com/recipes/grapepie.html
>>
>> It tastes fine, but it seemed kinda runny. Now, I haven't made a pie in
>> ages, so I adhered to the recipe. But note the *superscripted* "1" in
>> the line for the water/cornstarch mixture. I wondered at the time if
>> that was supposed to be part of a fraction - perhaps 1/2 - that got
>> incompletely entered in the page source.
>>
>> Would, indeed, 1/2 cup of water seem a reasonable amount in this
>> context, for that 3 tbsp of cornstarch?
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> I'm not a pie maker, but I do use a cornstarch and water
> mixture to thicken sauces. That being said, the above sounds
> like a heck of a lot of water to me. I usually use two parts

> cornstarch to three parts water (tablespoons, mostly).

Following that instruction, the ratio I used was 3 to 16.

If that superscripted "1" in the recipe was supposed to be "1/4", then
that would work out to 3 to 4. That's pretty close to your nominal 2 to
3. I'll bet that's it; I'll try that next time.

> I looked at a few other grape pie recipes via Google, and
> none of them use cornstarch (although one calls for tapioca).
> Maybe one of them would be better:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

I looked at tons of them, too, after making that pie. I was surprised
how many of them didn't even use grapes -- just grape juice. Anyway,
call me stubborn, but I'd rather work this recipe out than move on at
this point.

Thanks for your input.

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