The term arrowroot is said to be derived from the fact that the natives of the West Indies use the roots of the plant as an application to wounds made by poison arrows. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
Stir in arrowroot starch and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes, until thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Coconut Ice Cream | Baking Bites] Reference
Another reason that arrowroot is called for in recipes is that it is extremely digestible, moreso than regular wheat flour. From Wordnik.com. [2009 June | Baking Bites] Reference
A kind of arrowroot of very good quality was sent to the Great. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Then old Mrs. Rogers came in for some arrowroot which. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
I thought if you were to put it in her arrowroot ----?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893] Reference
We found some arrowroot, which was also of great service. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
To give it the natural bloom, pass it through the prepared arrowroot. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
These people had no money but they could gather and prepare arrowroot. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
The paper, calendered or not, (18) is sized with gelatine or arrowroot. From Wordnik.com. [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference
Supper: -- (6 o'clock) Cereal; farina, arrowroot, cream of wheat, wheatena. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Blanch and chop the almonds very small, mix them with the sugar and arrowroot. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
They are abundant in potatoes and the cereals, and in arrowroot, rice, sago, and tapioca. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Cook the corn starch or arrowroot diluted with cold water, in the boiling water for 5 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies] Reference
Exports - commodities: bananas 39\%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Exports - commodities: bananas 39\%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch; tennis racquets. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Exports -- commodities: bananas 39\%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Examine a few of the many varieties of other kinds of starch granules, as in rice, arrowroot, etc. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Milk should always form the largest portion of the diet, and may be given with arrowroot or oatflour. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
From six to seven sheets of paper, 18×22, can be sized with the quantity of arrowroot paste above given. From Wordnik.com. [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference
They furnish arrowroot for the sick, and ample supplies of vegetables earlier than sterner climates will grant. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863] Reference
The starchy materials generally used for this purpose are plain flour, browned flour, corn starch, and arrowroot flour. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish] Reference
Add the wet arrowroot and boil, stirring constantly until it is clear; put in the milk and cook ten minutes, stirring often. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Found another very sick girlie, 532, Venter; took orange wine, arrowroot, milk; but I doubt whether she'll "make it"; too far gone. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Endurance] Reference
Ten parts of arrowroot are powdered in a mortar with a little water and then mixed by small quantities to 800 parts of boiling water. From Wordnik.com. [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference
Strain and add the infusion slowly to 1/3 of a cup of sugar, mixed with 3/4 of a tablespoonful of arrowroot and a few grains of salt. From Wordnik.com. [365 Luncheon Dishes A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year] Reference
Analyst finds flour or arrowroot in a sample bought as cocoa, he describes it as adulterated, and the seller is prosecuted and fined. From Wordnik.com. [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference
If the paste drags in a slimy manner, it is too strong, and a fresh arrowroot must be prepared, because dilution only ends in failure. From Wordnik.com. [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference
Statements, however, get copied from book to book, and hence we continue to read that cocoa usually contains arrowroot or other starch. From Wordnik.com. [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference
The only time I ever use dry powder is in the form of bloom (peculiarly prepared arrowroot), which I throw on lightly, but never rub in. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
The same quantity of arrowroot which made a pint thin and poor in the general kitchen, made two pints thick and good in Miss Nightingale's. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference
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