Teacher: Given a paragraph about cooking, and a set of conversational question answers about the paragraph, answer a follow-up question from the paragraph. The paragraph has a prefix 'CONTEXT:'. Each conversation question has a prefix 'Q:' followed by answer prefix 'A:'. The final followup question has a prefix 'FOLLOWUP_Q:'.
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CONTEXT: What I've done in the past is mist some water on both sides of the bread slices, then put them in the microwave for 10-15 seconds (alternatively, an oven set at 300F/150C for 5-10 minutes will do it too).Experiment with the amount of water (but keep it low) and cooking times. You should get much softer (and warm) bread slices out of it. <sep> Q: How do I make whole multi grain bread softer? A: mist some water on both sides of the bread slices <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: Does that make it soggy?
Solution: Experiment with the amount of water (but keep it low)
Reason: Here the follow-up question asks about a way to make the bread softer. The answer (Experiment with the amount of water) is mentioned in the passage.

Now, solve this instance: CONTEXT: Mixing it with milk (or liquid in general) is probably just to remove clumps. It clumps easily, especially when things aren't perfectly airtight (probably more common in your grandmother's time), and mixing in a small amount of liquid is an easy way to make sure it all breaks up.I'm less sure about the alternating. It is pretty common to alternate wet and dry as a way of getting things evenly mixed and avoiding lumps, so it's possible it's a variation on that. The paste might be too thick to easily mix into the wet, but also wet enough that it'd tend to stay as a lump if you mix it straight into the dry, so alternating wet-dry-paste might get you more even mixing? But if you're able to mix the paste smoothly into the wet, it's completely fine to just do that. <sep> Q: Why should I pre-mix baking soda into 2 tsp of milk when making cookies? A: Mixing it with milk (or liquid in general) is probably just to remove clumps <sep> FOLLOWUP_Q: Will it affect the taste of the cookies, or just the texture?
Student:
It clumps easily, especially when things aren't perfectly airtight (probably more common in your grandmother's time), and mixing in a small amount