sf wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:02:54 -0500, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>
>> Goomba38 wrote:
>>>
>>> Of course its use has certainly diminished over the years. I would
>>> be surprised if anyone under 30 or so had ever used (or knew of
>>> it?) if their own mothers hadn't?
>>
>> Heh. My mom didn't used lard for anything. Her mom probably did.
>> My mom used margarine (eeeek!) and Crisco.
>
> She didn't even use lard in pie crusts? It seems like the last
> bastion for lard among us European descended whities.

Not everyone's mom bakes pies. I remember Dad rolling out a crust once,
said something about adding vinegar to it for some reason I can't fathom.
But he used Crisco, not lard. (IIRC the pie sucked.) I buy premade deep
dish crusts. I've never bought lard. Of course you can buy lard; it's in
every grocery store. Do I buy it? Nope.

Jill