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My lemon meringue pie collapsed in the fridge overnight
I followed my usual recipe but swapped the cornstarch for arrowroot powder because the store was out. The filling never set properly and by morning it was a soupy mess in the pie dish. Has anyone else had a thickener substitution backfire like this?
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jason2501mo ago
Man, substitutions always seem like they'll work until they don't. It's like the universe has a rule against making things easy in the kitchen. Arrowroot just doesn't play nice with acidic stuff like lemon juice the way cornstarch does.
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