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Flour Question

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I'm new to all this. Could someone answer a question? Is potato flour the same as potato starch and is tapioca flour the same as tapioca starch?

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Ursa Major Collaborator
Ursa Major
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Yes, I believe they are the same.

dionnek Enthusiast
dionnek
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actually, potato starch and flour are NOT the same (very different), but tapioca flour/starch is the same. You can not substitute the potato starch for flour or vice versa. Most recipes I've seen actually use the starch (that's the only thing I"ve baked with, mixed with tapioca and rice flour).

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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ditto what dionnek said - potato starch and potato flour are very different. (one is made from raw potatoes, the other cooked. they behave *very* differently - one will give you glue.)

cchristi Newbie
cchristi
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ditto what dionnek said - potato starch and potato flour are very different. (one is made from raw potatoes, the other cooked. they behave *very* differently - one will give you glue.)

What I am finding is a package of "potato flour" and a package of "potato starch flour". I haven't found any just plain potato starch. What I'm told in the health food stores here is that the "potato starch flour" is "potato starch". Can anyone help me with this?

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
Posted

Your health food store is correct. Potato starch flour is the same as potato starch. Potato flour (minus the word starch) is the one that's different.

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