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Kswck > wrote:
>Make a Ranch dressing from scratch and don't flinch when everyone asks you >why it is so runny...<no chemical thickeners>. Xanthum gum is right there on the supermarket shelf. Steve |
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"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
... > Kswck > wrote: > >>Make a Ranch dressing from scratch and don't flinch when everyone asks you >>why it is so runny...<no chemical thickeners>. > > Xanthum gum is right there on the supermarket shelf. > > Steve Xanthum gum is made from corn sugar... which means along with being a stabilizer and thickener it also contains sucrose. It's probably not something I want to add to my home cooking, but then again I don't eat salads so I don't bother to buy or make salad dressings  Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote: > "Steve Pope" > wrote in message > ... > > Kswck > wrote: > > > >>Make a Ranch dressing from scratch and don't flinch when everyone asks you > >>why it is so runny...<no chemical thickeners>. > > > > Xanthum gum is right there on the supermarket shelf. > Xanthum gum is made from corn sugar... which means along with being a > stabilizer and thickener it also contains sucrose. It's probably not > something I want to add to my home cooking, but then again I don't eat > salads so I don't bother to buy or make salad dressings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthum_gum Xanthum gum can be made out of corn sugar (which is dextrose/glucose, not sucrose). It can also be made out of sucrose. The end product should not contain any of those sugars, though. -- Dan Abel Petaluma, California USA |
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Jill wrote:
> Xanthum gum is made from corn sugar... which means along with being a > stabilizer and thickener it also contains sucrose. It's probably not > something I want to add to my home cooking, but then again I don't eat > salads so I don't bother to buy or make salad dressings You don't eat salads? I don't believe you've ever mentioned that here. Do you just not like them? Bob |
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