| 31. | 11 / 2 tablespoons arrowroot or cornstarch
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| 32. | However, many bakers recommend using cornstarch, quick-cooking tapioca, arrowroot or potato starch.
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| 33. | The arrowroot plant probably originated in the Amazon rainforest of north-western Brazil and neighboring countries.
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| 34. | In the continental United States, arrowroot is cultivated as an outside plant only in southern Florida.
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| 35. | Crops recorded as grown in the area were cotton, sugar, maize, potatoes and arrowroot.
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| 36. | In New River, Cooley sustained himself as a salvager and farmer, cultivating and milling arrowroot.
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| 37. | In food crops such as arrowroot, severely defoliated plants may produce little of the harvestable rhizome.
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| 38. | It is a translucent porridge made from arrowroot and coconut, and has a thick slimy texture.
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| 39. | Arrowroot starch has in the past been quite extensively adulterated with potato starch and other similar substances.
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| 40. | Arrowroot makes clear, shimmering fruit gels and prevents ice crystals from forming in homemade ice cream.
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