"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On 18 Jun 2014 16:27:29 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2014-06-18, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
>>
>>> Don't forget about the benefits of lard compared to butter and/or
>>> vegetable oil products. Less saturated fat compared to butter. More
>>> monounsaturated fats. Less polyunsaturated fats . . . I've never
>>> used margarine except for that one taste of the Crisco-like stuff. I
>>> always figured butter and lately lard are natural products and I'll go
>>> with that.
>>
>>But, margerine and Crisco are heavily hydrogenated oils and the
>>hydrogination process turns the unsaturated fats into trans fats, which
>>are suspected to be even worse than other saturated fats.
>>
>>http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-hydrogenated-oil.htm
>>
>>I've recently been given about a cup of this:
>>
>>http://www.spectrumorganics.com/spec...ic-shortening/
>>
>>It's palm oil based and is used by the organic baker, in town. Looks
>>jes like Crisco. I've yet to try it in my butter/shortening pie crust
>>dough, as it's been too warm to bake. I'll let you know how it turns
>>out when I get around to baking another pie.
>>
>>nb
> I'd like to hear. I'm making a couple of beef pot pies for dinner. I
> have some leftover pieces of steak and the temps outside require
> turning on the furnace and using the oven. (Deck temp the a.m. was
> 38F) Then we are going to 90F by the end of the week. Crazy.
> Janet US

Our weather is wacky here too. Yesterday it kept going from a little too
warm to chilly and at one point it was warm with a chilly wind but muggy.

I did a little freezer cleaning out and discovered waaaay too many cooked
hamburger patties. So tonight, husband is going to have a burger on some
kind of roll. I can't remember the name. I want to say Crustini. I had
one last night. It was okay. The roll was better than your standard bun
which I could live without.

Tomorrow I will fry up some onions and green peppers, add brown gravy and
serve over the patties with a side of mashed potatoes. Angela will likely
opt for a piece of chicken instead but there is some of that cooked in the
freezer as well.