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Default Saturated fat for tamale dough

On Sat, 22 May 2010 09:50:14 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:

> I had been assuming that if I make a tamale dough, I'd have to use a
> saturated fat like lard or Crisco. I've eaten a few of the Trader Joe's

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Mark,
IMHO there is a big difference between crisco and lard. supposedly crisco
which is hydrolyzed packs on 4 time the fat as an equal amount of lard.
If you can find non-hydrolyzed lard use that.



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