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puffing

Method of processing cereal grains. The grains are first subjected to high pressures, and then suddenly ejected into a normal atmospheric pressure, causing each grain to expand sharply. This type of process is used to make puffed wheat cereals and puffed rice cakes.



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I was feeding quietly near the pales which separated the meadow from the railway, when I heard a strange sound at a distance, and before I knew whence it came -- with a rush and a clatter, and a puffing out of smoke -- a long black train of something flew by, and was gone almost before I could draw my breath.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
In a dozen leaps and bounds, he came to the village, tired out, puffing like a whale, and with tongue hanging.
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
While they seated themselves the Nome King picked up a pipe, and taking a glowing red coal out of his pocket he placed it in the bowl of the pipe and began puffing out clouds of smoke that curled in rings above his head.
Ozma of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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