On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:29:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 9/15/2013 9:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 9/15/2013 8:49 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, September 15, 2013 5:12:44 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
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>>>>> vinegar and egg
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>>>> Vinegar and egg???
>>>>
>>> yep
>>> flour, salt, water, vinegar and an egg
>>>
>> When I was in my teens my dad got into making pie crust. I've no idea
>> why; I don't remember him (or Mom) actually baking a pie. I do remember
>> him saying to add a little white vinegar to the mix.
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>Never in all my years of baking have I ever seen that or even heard of it.
>What is it supposed to do?

The pie crust recipe with vinegar and egg is from Tenderflake Lard.
The box containing the lard used to have it printed on the back, and
it was quite popular 25-30 years ago.

http://www.food.com/recipe/tenderfla...-crusts-188827

I used to make pie crust from that recipe, but nowadays I use a butter
pastry.

Doris