Monday, February 5, 2018

Vintage Advertising - Argo Cornstarch

And...another one I didn't record the magazine title/date.  I'm guessing Woman's Home Companion, one of the issues that has been digitized and can be found on Google Books.

Pretty desserts.

6 comments:

  1. I still use that brand of corn starch!

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  2. I have always made my own puddings and that is pretty close to the recipe I use. Someplace around here I have a recipe for cookies that calls for cornstarch - a cup of it, if I remember correctly. I'll have to dig it out.

    The Squire was fixing dinner for us one day when I was working, and the (British) recipe called for "corn flour". Bless him, he used corn meal instead of corn starch. The sauce was a bit gritty, but tasted fine.

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  3. I add half a cup of cornstarch to the flour when I'm breading chicken for frying; it makes a crispier crust.

    Jackie, I still use Argo as well!

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  4. Is there a good substitute for corn starch? The other half has a corn allergy; not enough to kill him, just enough to make him sick. I've tried arrowroot, but it's just not the same. I didn't realize how often I use cornstarch until I couldn't any more, well at least not without a great deal of guilt.

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  5. As a thickener for gravies etc you can try flour; for puddings, there's always tapioca. They aren't an exact replacement but they will do.

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  6. Ah, tapioca! I forgot about that. Must check the market as the supermarket only has the prepackaged pudding.

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