Guest guest Posted March 30, 2001 Report Share Posted March 30, 2001 I got a mill today and made some creditable rice flour! $3.15 accumulated savings against the cost of the grinder. A lot of the recipes I read call for all sorts of flour, especially potato flour and potato starch. I've found one definition that says they're the same thing, but no one specific method for making either. Should I just give up and settle for grinding up rice and beans? --Sharlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2001 Report Share Posted March 30, 2001 Sharlene, Potato starch and potato flour are NOT the same thing, flour is very heavy and starch is light like arrowroot or tapioca. Also I am not sure how you would go about making either one of them, I purchase my starch....but I use lentils and beans in my grinder (son is allergic to rice, so that is out). Good luck, Debbie P.S. Red lentils added to chickpea flour makes a chewier product. > I got a mill today and made some creditable rice flour! $3.15 > accumulated savings against the cost of the grinder. A lot of the > recipes I read call for all sorts of flour, especially potato flour > and potato starch. I've found one definition that says they're the > same thing, but no one specific method for making either. Should I > just give up and settle for grinding up rice and beans? > > --Sharlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2001 Report Share Posted March 30, 2001 If you cannot find the potato flour, you can use the instant potatoes. Just read the ingredients. Some have flavorings in them. I have only found the Potato starch at one store. Raley's carries Swan's potato starch flour which you know by now is the not the same as potato flour. Betty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2001 Report Share Posted March 30, 2001 Betty wrote: If you cannot find the potato flour, you can use the instant potatoes. Just read the ingredients. Some have flavorings in them. I have only found the Potato starch at one store. Raley's carries Swan's potato starch flour which you know by now is the not the same as potato flour. I'm in a bit of a quandary here. I've been buying potato starch flour by the pound and paying an arm and a leg for it. I asked my hfs about ordering it in bulk for a better price. They found " potato flour " by NOW Foods at a better price. I told them I was interested if it was potato STARCH flour, but not if it was just potato flour. They ordered me a 1 pound box to try, and it says " Potato flour (also called potato starch flour). " Huh? The hfs gave me the customer service number for this company, and I called and was told that potato flour and potato starch flour are the exact same thing. I informed them that my gf cookbooks are very specific about when to use one or the other, and the customer service rep insisted there was no difference. She put me through to the nutritionist, but I had to leave a msg with him and he has not returned my call. I guess it doesn't make much sense to buy from this company, so if anyone can share brand names of potato STARCH flour so my hfs can look for them for me, I'd appreciate it! Thanks, Lis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2001 Report Share Posted March 30, 2001 I do not know what you are paying for the potato starch flour at the hfs but Swan's brand at our Raley's is around $3.79 for 12 oz package. I have a bag of potato flour that is 100% dehydrated potatoes. They are not the same. is the one who told me that I could use instant potato to sub for the potato flour. Re: Flour > Betty wrote: > > If you cannot find the potato flour, you can use the instant potatoes. Just > read the ingredients. Some have flavorings in them. I have only found the > Potato starch at one store. Raley's carries Swan's potato starch flour > which you know by now is the not the same as potato flour. > > I'm in a bit of a quandary here. I've been buying potato starch flour by the pound and paying an arm and a leg for it. I asked my hfs about ordering it in bulk for a better price. They found " potato flour " by NOW Foods at a better price. I told them I was interested if it was potato STARCH flour, but not if it was just potato flour. They ordered me a 1 pound box to try, and it says " Potato flour (also called potato starch flour). " Huh? The hfs gave me the customer service number for this company, and I called and was told that potato flour and potato starch flour are the exact same thing. I informed them that my gf cookbooks are very specific about when to use one or the other, and the customer service rep insisted there was no difference. She put me through to the nutritionist, but I had to leave a msg with him and he has not returned my call. > > I guess it doesn't make much sense to buy from this company, so if anyone can share brand names of potato STARCH flour so my hfs can look for them for me, I'd appreciate it! > > Thanks, > Lis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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