Chapter VII · Elementary Preparations · No. 182
182—Flour
For whatever use the flour is intended, it is always best to sift it. This is more particularly necessary in the case of flour used for coating objects to be fried; for the latter, being first dipped into milk, must of necessity let a few drops of that liquid fall into the flour they are rolled in. Lumps would therefore form, which might adhere to the objects to be fried if the flour were not sifted.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 182, p. 75. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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