On 9/17/2013 11:55 AM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:29:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
You may recall that, but when my dad was experimenting with pie crust he
used Crisco. I do remember that's the shortening they always bought.
Never lard.
Jill