I poured a little bit of flower into a stew to thicken it... but (HELP!)

[fumbduck]

the flour turned into a bunch of little balls that wont break up when stirring.. i've spent about 10 minutes spooning them out, but they are still there and numerous.

I've seen people do this all the time and never have this problem, anyone have a cure for my infection?

 

[Slacker]

Congratulations! you just made dumplings.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

no cure here

 

[Mill]

Should have used corn starch.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: Slacker
Congratulations! you just made dumplings.

haha, except that inside the balls of flour is dry flour.. so eh

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
the flour turned into a bunch of little balls that wont break up when stirring.. i've spent about 10 minutes spooning them out, but they are still there and numerous.

I've seen people do this all the time and never have this problem, anyone have a cure for my infection?

Don't they usually mix the flour with something else in one of those mixer cups before adding it to the liquid?

 

[kitkit201]

too late, ur suppose to pour it in when ur starting the stew (when its cold so it wont make lumps) or u can heat a small bowl of water in the microwave and pour some flour into the small bowl, stir it until it gets thicker then pour into stew..

good luck with the dinner though.. it's alreaady too late...

 

[imported_Pablo]

daisies?

 

[PlatinumGold]

if you put it directly in hot water, what do you expect?? if you put some flour in a bowl of cold water and mix it FIRST then put it in the soup, voila.

if you are going to used corn starch, same thing, don't pour the stuff directly in a boiling pot.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: PabloMartinez
daisies?

Blow me?

 

[glen]

You mix corn starch and water in a pan, then add it to the stew as a liquid.

 

[Amorphus]

you're supposed to mix the flour with warm to cool water, FIRST, and then mix the resulting mixture in quickly to the boiling soup. contact with heat will cause it to bead up and congeal immediately.

it's much better to use cornstarch, btw.

 

[IBuyUFO]

The cure to your problem is to mix it with cold water first and dissolve it. Then pour it in the stew to thicken it. Another alternative is to make roux which is flour slowly cooked in butter. It'll form a paste and you add the paste to the stew

 

[Antisocial Virge]

You know what... I heard your supposed to mix it with cool water first...

 

[badmouse]

Blend it with a whisk to break up the flour lumps. Or something whisk-y that will break up the lumps and mix it all in. It'll be hard to do with a stew.

Next time, add flour a little at a time - sprinkle carefully - mix - and make sure it doesn't get lumpy. When you see someone dumping flour into stew, they are actually watching carefully to see how it is blending. At least, I am.

Chemically, the flour mixes with fat to create the thickening process.

 

[fumbduck]

I didn;t add that much, maybe 1/4 a cup, so it wasn't too much to remove by spoon, but in the future, i will remember to mix it with water first.

 

[DorkBoy]

Haha I did this last week with my New Harris Teeter cooking pan.

I made a roast with potatoes and carrots, decided to "thicken" the water with flour.

15 minutes later I was scooping it out.

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: PabloMartinez
daisies?

Blow me?

Learn to spell?

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
You know what... I heard your supposed to mix it with cool water first...

yup, and cornstarch wouldn't have made it different (with the balls i mean), although i'd prefer cornstarch for thickening

 

[weirdichi]

well, his dinner is messed up anyway now. best thing to do is to take badmouse's advice, but I say if you wanna save the soup, shove the damn electric mixer into the soup and mix EVERYTHING up.

 

[cressida]

hehe yes you representin your nick very well.

 

[Pepsei]

The iron chef way....

mix corn starch with water in a little cup first, until they melt,
pour the liquid into your stew.... that's it.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: PabloMartinez
daisies?

Blow me?

Learn to spell?

:beer: