starchy
IPA: stˈɑrtʃi
adjective
- Of or pertaining to starch.
- Containing starch.
- Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
- Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
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Examples of "starchy" in Sentences
- It is starchy and slightly sweet.
- They are quite floury and starchy.
- It contains a starchy paste inside.
- They are starchy and almost potato like.
- The most important part is the starchy root.
- The flesh of the jackfruit is starchy and fibrous.
- Yellow plantains are softer and starchy but sweet.
- Above the fruits are grains and starchy vegetables.
- Acrylamide also occurs in many cooked starchy foods.
- Bread is a starchy bakery product often made of wheat, water, and yeast.
- First, I should have used more asparagus and less potatoes, because the meal got pretty starchy.
- The “demonization of whole grains and starchy vegetables” (whatever ‘starchy vegetables’ means) is not the focus of my posts.
- A few nuts, such as the acorn, cocoanut and chestnut, are very rich in starch, and these should be classified as starchy foods.
- Basically, the evidence points to it being carbohydrates — sugar, flour and starchy vegetables — that cause the insulin secretion that put on fat.
- Persons troubled with kidney difficulty should abstain from sugar and the things that are converted into sugar in digestion, such as starchy food and sweet vegetables.
- They swept him forward in a triumphant wave, to seat him at a sticky table and then heap it high with baked fish and some kind of starchy cakes made from a pounded root.
- On the other hand, obesity expert Dr. David Ludwig — interviewed by Taubes for the Times article – found that mice developed a condition called "fatty liver" when fed a diet high in starchy carbs.
- Luckily the book reminded me of the thickening properties in starchy baking potatoes, and since I already had my food processor out and shredding carrots, I tossed in a leftover raw potato from our bin and added it to the mixture.
- (applause) How will we manage to find the manpower needed today to solve a series of urgent problems, to solve our supply problems, to eliminate rationing of a number of items as quickly as possible, -- items such as starchy vegetables, for example (applause) -- to have enough milk, not just for children up to the age of seven, but after the age of seven, and even for all citizens up to 70?
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