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Default Pastry Cutter, or ?

Oh pshaw, on Thu 30 Nov 2006 10:17:10p, Little Malice meant to say...

> One time on Usenet, Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> said:
>> Oh pshaw, on Thu 30 Nov 2006 10:05:52p, Little Malice meant to say...
>> > One time on Usenet, "aem" > said:

>
>> >> Okay, those of you who are good pie crust (and biscuits) makers, what
>> >> do you think about pastry cutters for blending the butter into the
>> >> flour? Do you use them? Do you get better results from them? If
>> >> not, do you use: two knives, a fork, your fingers, or what? -aem

>
>> > I'm not a pie crust maker, but I do use recipes that call for cutting
>> > fat into dry ingredients. My Mom always used a pastry cutter, but I
>> > don't seem to have one, so I've fallen back on two knives. The cutter
>> > is easier, IMHO...

>
>> I've always used a pastry cutter, as did my mother. I've tried using

the
>> food processor, but find the results not as good.

>
> I've never tried that -- my food processor is a tiny "Oskar",
> not big enough for anything other than chopping an onion or
> making roast beef spread. We received it as a wedding gift in
> the late 80s. Sometime I'll have to get a real one and see how
> that goes for me... :-)
>


How do you make your roast beef spread, Jani? Sounds good!

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