Yeah, but were the eggs good? I've only poached them in water - I couldn't imagine cooking with that much lard (though I imagine they'd probably be good - and heavy). I have cooked with lard a few times - my grandmother was making biscuits one morning and talking about how when she was young you'd cut lard into the flour/soda/salt/baking powder instead of butter or shortening, and how good it tasted.
I had seen a small tub of lard at my grocery once, so after we got back into town, I bought it, and made up a batch of simple rolled biscuits with lard instead of butter. I will say for the record that they were impressively good. Nicely flaky (instead of crumbly) and they retained heat very well. Putting a little butter and some homemade currant jam on it, and you had probably the best biscuit you have ever tasted. I used the rest for pie dough that I used for a quiche (knee-bucklingly delicious) and tried sauteeing with it (kind of filmy aftermath - eh). Havent bought it since, but I will consider it again if I'm making pastries. "Lard" just sounds unappetizing - it needs a new name - "Domestic Shortening" maybe? - Jim Gruss Gott wrote: >>Jim wrote: >>Spotted. Dick. >> >> >> > >I had this!! (and bubbles and squeek) both are tasty. I spent >awhile in London near Canary Wharf before I got over Bevis & Butthead >and couldn't resist saying, "I'd like the spotted dick please." > >Their breakfast buffets were nasty! Black blood sausage, and all >other sorts of disgusting stuff. Their fruit was mostly from a can >and I went up to the poached egg bar once (just once). The "chef" was >standing in front of this large soup kettle and I thought poached eggs >would be my safety food. > >He slid the eggs into the pot while I waited, then fished them out >with a spoon and slid them onto my plate. To my horror, there wasn't >water in the pot, but lard, and the eggs came with about 2 TBS of >grease each which quickly congealed around the cold food. > >I never got those again. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146275 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
