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Posted by Phaedrine Stonebridge on June 16, 2008, 11:43 pm
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:27:40 -0500, Phaedrine Stonebridge
>
> > My grandmother always used lard but it's so
> > hard to find good lard now.
>
> Bacon grease is a good substitute, if it's good bacon and you don't
> get it too hot while frying the bacon.
>
> When we were younger and thinner, I cooked bacon on our "Open Hearth"
> electric broiler; the grease fell down to the catch tray as soon as it
> melted, and made lovely white fat.
>
> Oddly, the bacon flavor doesn't show up in pie crust. Mom said once
> that she bought lard to make pie as a special treat, and people didn't
> like it as well as her everyday bacon-grease pie crust.
>
> [Snivel] By the time I was old enough to notice, pie was for
> special occasions.
>
> On the other hand, I never had to clean a pig pen.
>
> Joy Beeson
Fascinating!
--
"The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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