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I'm Doing Some Baking - Culinary Advice Needed
8/06/08

Posted on 08/06/2008 10:22:34 AM PDT by MplsSteve

I apologize for posting this question in News/Activism - but this is the most widely read category in Free Republic and I want some opinions.

I have a recipe for oatmeal brown bread. It's really good. It's a very hearty tasting wheat bread that uses oatmeal as well.

In the recipe, it calls for using lard.

Is it possible for me to use Crisco as a substitute - or might that affect the taste of the bread?

Thanks for your advice!


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To: PennsylvaniaMom

IBTL - In before the lard.


21 posted on 08/06/2008 10:35:09 AM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: martin_fierro

Calm down Martin. It’s OK. Just a baking question. Incidentally, lard or shortening will do.

Can we talk corn bread? Maybe ho’cake?


22 posted on 08/06/2008 10:35:14 AM PDT by poobear (“…individual salvation depends on collective salvation." Barack Hussein Obama Wesleyan University)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

that’s only because he likes to open beer bottles with his pecs.


23 posted on 08/06/2008 10:35:56 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Øbamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
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To: MplsSteve
Posts, like bread, should not be half baked.

24 posted on 08/06/2008 10:36:49 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: MplsSteve

Nice thing about Crisco is that it has vitamin e.

It will work fine though it’s flavorless. The butter flavored kind is OK in some things but personally, I hate the flavor and prefer real butter where butter flavoring matters.

In a bread plain Crisco is fine but the product will taste a bit better if two tablespoons of bacon grease are used with the Crisco to make the amount of fat called for in the recipe.

This is a good thing to remember when making pie crust of Crisco, too- bacon grease imparts a nicer flavor.

If you want your bread to be even tastier try adding orange zest, mashed flax seed, grated apple & cinnamon, or raisins & finely chopped walnuts.


25 posted on 08/06/2008 10:37:27 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: MplsSteve

Crisco is a good sub for lard. One is vegetable and one is animal, but they both give the same texture of the needed fat in your recipe.

As far as taste — lard might have more flavor than the taste-neutral Crisco, but your bread sounds like it will have good flavors that would override even lard.

When I make Scallion Pancakes, lard makes a tastier one than those with Crisco, but there are few ingredients in those (yum) pancakes.

I really think I can taste my G’Mothers pie crust just writing about lard!


26 posted on 08/06/2008 10:37:56 AM PDT by Exit148 (Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
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To: MplsSteve
Courtesy of James Lileks.
27 posted on 08/06/2008 10:38:54 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Thank God for every morning.)
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To: I see my hands

especially since you may have to eat your words, eventually.


28 posted on 08/06/2008 10:39:01 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Øbamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
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To: MplsSteve

I would think that they are fiarly interchangable but like someone prior said don’t use the liquid oil but the solid shortening.


29 posted on 08/06/2008 10:39:18 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: MplsSteve; Poser
I agree with Poser. Criso (or any solid vegetable shortening) will work fine as a replacement for lard.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

30 posted on 08/06/2008 10:39:23 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: ari-freedom

ok the tagline isn’t working. The O in Obama should look like Ø


31 posted on 08/06/2008 10:41:13 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Obamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
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To: MplsSteve

You certainly can substitute crisco for lard, or even suet. Lard isn’t as hard to find as you might think, though, so if you are heading to a grocery at all, you might want to give it a try.


32 posted on 08/06/2008 10:41:30 AM PDT by Eepsy (12-30-2008 +1)
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To: MplsSteve

Grandma always used Crisco instead of lard.


33 posted on 08/06/2008 10:41:34 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
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To: MplsSteve
Criso has changed it's formula. There are no more trans fats, which when I tried the new Crisco in my apple pies I found the crust wasn’t as flaky and didn't turn that golden brown until after the apples were mush. Crisco will probably be OK but you can still buy lard and it is a natural product.
34 posted on 08/06/2008 10:41:46 AM PDT by lucky american (We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails)
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To: MplsSteve
apologize for posting this question in News/Activism - but this is the most widely read category in Free Republic and I want some opinions.

Well in that case go ahead and break the rules.

35 posted on 08/06/2008 10:42:37 AM PDT by Zevonismymuse
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To: martin_fierro
I like Cheese.

Do you like Cheese?

A Cheese once bit my sister.

37 posted on 08/06/2008 10:47:35 AM PDT by Hoplite
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To: MplsSteve

I use Crisco for choc. chip cookies and they turn out softer. Using butter makes them harder.
Not sure if it’s the same with bread—lard/Crisco, but I had a great uncle, a former cossack/white Russian who spread lard on his bread like butter.


38 posted on 08/06/2008 10:48:01 AM PDT by tumblindice (moose/sister)
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To: MplsSteve

Crisco does the job, lard has more flavor, but bacon grease is tops!

My grandparents kept a can on the stove for bacon grease, which (among other things) my grandma used for her delicious roll-out Christmas cookies that no one has been able to duplicate. After all these years I can still remember the taste: full of wonderful flavor and texture.

Oh yes, both my grandparents lived to a ripe old age with not a hint of heart disease.


39 posted on 08/06/2008 10:49:27 AM PDT by tjd1454
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To: MplsSteve

Sounds good! Care to share the recipe?


40 posted on 08/06/2008 10:49:33 AM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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