Any Home Bakers Here?

[ValerieJ]

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Here is my Breakfast.

Wow. Nice breakfast!

 

[jnicholes]

I have secretly placed sardines on this pizza. Lets see how long it takes for my mother to notice......

 

[chickmom3941]

Lard...hmmmm. Have any of you used it lately? In my digging around websites and old cookbooks I read about how lovely your pie crusts turn out using lard. So I bought some and gave it a whirl. Can’t remember if the texture was flaky or not but I do remember the taste was terrible. I tried using it up just to grease bread pans and such, but it al ways left a nasty aftertaste. Not real strong but there under the surface it that makes any sense.

I know I'm a little late here, but the ONLY time I've ever used lard was last summer when I made homemade tamales. I've never tried it for baking. Like many here, my mom used margarine for baking, and the only time we ever had butter was on holidays when company came over. I thought butter was incredible, this golden substance that was one of the greatest things I'd ever tasted! Once I moved out on my own, I started buying butter for every day use, and use it for all my cookies, as well. YUM!

 

[ronott1]

I know I'm a little late here, but the ONLY time I've ever used lard was last summer when I made homemade tamales. I've never tried it for baking. Like many here, my mom used margarine for baking, and the only time we ever had butter was on holidays when company came over. I thought butter was incredible, this golden substance that was one of the greatest things I'd ever tasted! Once I moved out on my own, I started buying butter for every day use, and use it for all my cookies, as well. YUM!

Have you tried Irish butter for baking? It is very good

 

[ValerieJ]

Have you tried Irish butter for baking? It is very good

Where do you get Irish butter? What's different about it?

 

[Aria]

I know I'm a little late here, but the ONLY time I've ever used lard was last summer when I made homemade tamales. I've never tried it for baking. Like many here, my mom used margarine for baking, and the only time we ever had butter was on holidays when company came over. I thought butter was incredible, this golden substance that was one of the greatest things I'd ever tasted! Once I moved out on my own, I started buying butter for every day use, and use it for all my cookies, as well. YUM!

Have been reading Mother Earth News Magazine....and it seems
LARD is making a come back....less saturated fat than veggie oils, and butter. Worth considering???

 

[BullChick]

We used Crisco in everything, and bought Country Crock margarine for spreading on bread.

 

[ronott1]

Where do you get Irish butter? What's different about it?

I get it from costco.

Irish butter and European butter in general has a lower water content.

 

[ronott1]

Have been reading Mother Earth News Magazine....and it seems
LARD is making a come back....less saturated fat than veggie oils, and butter. Worth considering???

Yes!

But It still seems like poison to me LOL! The smear campaign on lard was very good indeed

 

[ValerieJ]

I get it from costco.

Irish butter and European butter in general has a lower water content.

I'll have to check into that. At Costco does it come in a huge brick?