"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:29:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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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:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
> 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

Thanks I suppose there might have been something like that here, but I've
never seen it.


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

I always used to use butter; now I use lard Changed tastes I suppose

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