What happens is that in each clump you've got the gelatinization of starches, which happens very quickly at the surface of the clump and it kind of forms a protective skin around this dry hunk of flour. Alton Brown More Quotes by Alton Brown More Quotes From Alton Brown For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that. Alton Brown i-am me kitchen talking