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BAT-uh/ˈbætə/

Batter here is a mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used to coat food before frying: pancake batter; in batter. Dough is thicker and often yeasted; coating is broader. Give the batter ratios in the food-tech method, then the frying temperature. Mix-up: batter vs better; the hitting sense (to batter) and the baseball sense — use those only if the source names blows or a sport; do not write batter for a dry spice rub.

Meaning

A mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used to coat food before frying.

Examples

• “Give the batter ratios in the food-tech method, then the frying temperature.”
• “Fish in batter featured in the nutrition table, which is still a named coating — quote kJ if asked.”

Good to know

pancake / fish batter; in batter. Contrast: dough. Trap: better / to hit repeatedly / baseball. Food tech. A flour-egg mix for frying — quote ratios and °C.

Near in meaning

coating mix, fritter mix, pancake mix

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