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Originally Posted by Sylvia
Parboiling is "pre-cooking" by boiling it in water. I've only ever seen that done with tough cuts of meat and potatoes, though. For example the shredded potatoe hashbrowns for breakfast in a restaurant are pre-cooked by parboiling before they are shredded. If you shred a raw potato and try to fry it, it turns into an ugly grey mass of goo like sludge. NASTY! |
So that's the secret...thanks, Sylvia...yes I've found this out from trial and error, unfortunately.