You can get lard, real or imitation, in most markets, at least in Los Angeles. Other places you may have to go to a Mexican market. Real lard is pig fat. My mother used it for her pie crust, the best I've ever tasted. Then she turned to Crisco vegetable shortening because lard got a bad rap. Is pig fat worse than trans fats? Your call. There is a Crisco-like version of "I Can't believe it's not butter" that I used the last time a recipe called for shortening. I think it's just butter-flavored Crisco. without the trans fats. Abby
From: Lynda Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 11:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CnD] shortening I guess it's a bit of both. I always try to make things as healthy as possible, and so I try to stay clear of shortening. I heard that you can replace shortening with margarine, but I've never tried. If there is something that I can use as a substitution, I'd also have to find out if the amount for the substitution would be the same as the shortening. As I said before, I have passed up many recipes because they call for shortening, but if I can find something else to use, I'd be happy. As a matter of fact, I have a brownie recipe that I'd love to try, but won't do so unless I can use an ingredient other than the shortening. Lynda ******************** "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Marcley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 11:10 AM Subject: [CnD] shortening > Do you want to use something that isn't fat or just not something like > lard or Crisco? > Jean > ____________________________________________________________ > My Credit Scores- Free > Click Here to See Your 3 FREE Credit Scores from All 3 Credit Bureaus! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c92324fc9e31bcd0b5st02duc > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
