Wayne > wrote in :

> I usually use half vegetable shortening
> and half butter, so I'm looking forward to trying the lard.
>

Usually on the lard box there's a failsafe recipe for pastry...involving
vinegar and egg as part of the cold water. I'm not sure that you don't need
some vinegar when mixing lard with the butter. Just a thought.

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