On 2021-04-06 8:08 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/5/2021 11:31 AM, Graham wrote:
>> I really don't understand people's reluctance to make pastry. I never
>> have any problems and, like my Mother, never chill it in the fridge. I
>> make it and roll it out straight away and it is tender and not tough.
>
> I never had any success with pie crust or any sort of pastry so why fuss
> and worry and possibly waste the ingredients on yet another mediocre
> attempt?
>
> I 'get' it.Â* Many people find working with pastry to be simple and even
> enjoyable.Â* I'm not one of them.
>
>

I get that. I have acknowledged it. I have no idea why it is that some
people can make pastry and other can't and why some people actually find
it very easy. I am one of those who finds it easy. Were it not the diet
that denies me pie, I would think nothing of whipping up a batch of
dough and rolling it out to fit a pie shell. My wife can make good
dough but she has a lot of trouble rolling it out nicely. Many others
could not even think of trying either to make dough or to roll it out.