On Tue 06 Sep 2005 10:38:24a, Nancy1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Fri 02 Sep 2005 11:17:51p, Sarah wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> >
>> > "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> On Fri 02 Sep 2005 12:39:01p, Sarah wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Butter makes for a crispy cookie, vegetable shortening or lard
makes
>> >>>>> for a moist, chewy cookie.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> You could also change the granulated sugar to brown sugar. The
only
>> >>>> correlation I could see to refrigerating the dough overnight, is
that
>> >>>> it may partially negate the effect of the baking soda, since baking
>> >>>> soda reacts more immediately in the dough and without heat. This
>> >>>> might make a more compact cookie, thus heavier.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Wayne Boatwright *¿* ____________________________________________
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
>> >>>> Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't know what the UK alternative for crisco is, does anyone have
>> >>> any idea?
>> >>>
>> >>> Sarah
>> >>
>> >> Sarah, I don't think there is a direct equivalent to Crisco. Crisco
is
>> >> a vegetable shortening which is solid at room temperature. It has a
>> >> creamy, somewhat fluffy, consistency. You might try pure lard, but I
>> >> can't think of anything else.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Wayne Boatwright *¿* ____________________________________________
>> >>
>> >> Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
>> >> Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll have a look around the dairy and non dairy in the supermarket, I
>> > think my mum's uses a vegetarian solid fat, instead of lard sometimes,
>> > so that could be a good option. Lard doesn't sound so good in cookies
as
>> > butter or shortening! Sarah
>>
>> What about vegetable suet?
>
> Suet is the hard fat around the kidneys and loins of mutton and beef.
> Since when do veggies have kidneys and loins?
>
> N.

I don't know when it was first developed, but I do know that it was made as
a substitute for animal suet, just as vegetable shortening (e.g., Crisco)
was made as a substitute for lard. Vegetable suet is readily available in
the UK and, perhaps, elsewhere.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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