Flour in 1878 at the Washburn "A" Mill in Minneapolis which killed 22 people. Bread, pasta, crackers, many cakes, and many other foods are made using flour. Wheat flour is also used to make a roux as a base for thickening gravy and sauces. It can also be used as an ingredient in papier-mâché glue. Cornstarch is a principal ingredient used to thicken many puddings or desserts, and is the main ingredient in packaged custard. Flour Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains or roots and used to make many different foods. Cereal flour is the main ingredient of
Butter lemon juice. Hollandaise and béarnaise sauces are emulsions of egg yolk and melted butter; they are in essence mayonnaises made with butter instead of oil. Hollandaise and béarnaise sauces are stabilized with the powerful emulsifiers in the egg yolks, but butter itself contains enough emulsifiers—mostly remnants of the fat globule membranes—to form a stable emulsion on its own. "Beurre blanc" (white butter) is made by whisking butter into reduced vinegar or wine, forming an emulsion with the texture of thick cream. "Beurre monté" (prepared butter) is melted but still emulsified butter; it lends its name to the practice of "mounting"