cornstarchy
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3VERB + CORNSTARCHY
canned, curdled
CORNSTARCHY + NOUN
gravy, indian, lemon, meringue, pie
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in
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adj
Containing cornstarch.
Never mind that the sweetbreads à la financière arrive in a curdled, cornstarchy gravy — the Indian pudding is unsurpassable, with layers of flavor that trickle down like a windfall of Franklins.
For the dishes on most menus, you can usually count on excellent cole slaw, but the rest is somewhat uninspired, especially when it runs to canned peas and cornstarchy lemon meringue pie.
Resembling or characteristic of cornstarch.
Cornstarch (about 1 to 1½ teaspoons per cup of liquid; allow time for gravy to cook and overcome the cornstarchy taste).
You’ll get rid of any residue cornstarchy taste if you continue to simmer the syrup for five minutes or so.
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3Never mind that the sweetbreads à la financière arrive in a curdled, cornstarchy gravy — the Indian pudding is unsurpassable, with layers of flavor that trickle down like a windfall of Franklins.
WiktionaryFor the dishes on most menus, you can usually count on excellent cole slaw, but the rest is somewhat uninspired, especially when it runs to canned peas and cornstarchy lemon meringue pie.
WiktionaryCherie is a saloon singer who works at night and sleeps in the day, hence her pale complexion, which her [Marilyn Monroe’s] personal makeup artist, Allan Snyder, achieved by a dusting of white, cornst
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