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me making soup: NO CORNSTARCH ONLY SOUR CREAM. WAR!
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just things that recommend "cornstarch" and "cornstarch slurry"
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blech
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no thanks.
DryadGurrl
D: I didn't know this was a thing and now I'm cringing out of my skin
DryadGurrl
who would suggest eating oobleck??
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apparently it's ... an alternative to adding flour for thickener?
Icarian Habits
It's a way to thicken things slightly--like in egg drop soup, for the texture.
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it's just ... ew. no.
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egg drop makes sense
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but broccoli cheddar and potato?
DryadGurrl
I mean yeah a little bit, but cornstarch slurry??
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yeah apparently 
Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup
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it's this
DryadGurrl
that should already be plenty starchy from the taters!
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just ew.
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yeah I made potato bacon soup without it and was like sour cream?
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it thickens?
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not a ton, but it thickens
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it doesn't need to be in everything
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she says, as she puts garlic cloves in everything.
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XD
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so same concept applied to the broccoli cheese
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It wasn't really cheddar cause I used diff cheese
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but still
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like I get it is an ALTERNATIVE but ... it doesn't' need to be everything. /rant
DryadGurrl
I've had this rant re; rolled oats/instant oats/chopped oats in chocolate chip cookies
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it depends on how you like them? I think? what works better do you think? It's been a minute since I was like THIS IS WRONG when it came to cooking
DryadGurrl
I think my ire at that point was that nine out of ten recipes I'd found called for them as a mandatory non-optional ingredient
DryadGurrl
and at least two recipes required a food processor to grind them with first
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that sounds like a lot of work
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also I'm pretty sure rolled/chopped are more expense than just regular quick/instant?
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I don't think it matters?
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it's more the butter and egg quota
DryadGurrl
probably? But I don't like the texture and was getting increasingly frustrated at the time
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I personally don't think oats belong in chocolate chip
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but then I like chewy, soft melty cookies
DryadGurrl
that too, they have their own cookie, they need to stop invading mine
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LOL
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XD
DryadGurrl
crispy edges, chewy middles
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YES
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also not floury either
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chocolate chip be finicky
DryadGurrl
it's true