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Couldn't find shortening this weekend for pie for the FIL. Ending up going with lard instead. But had to go to another store for that.
Lard is the original shortening. I prefer a lard/butter piecrust. Lard for crispiness, butter for flavor.
Yeah I had no idea...the first recipe I found a few years ago had shortening...but then I had to try to find it...And they had lard and I saw it had a pie recipe on it and say awww fuck, I'll get that. Because I personally had bad feelings about shortening just because it seems like trash, like corn starch, corn meal etc. I don't think anyone in my family made a pie crust in front of me so I could see what they used when I was a kid. My pies came out amazing today. Made a cherry and an apple. FIL thoroughly enjoyed the cherry. I was worried it would taste porky...as my taste and smell are still fucked after 2+ years of covid crap...but it was great.
yeah shortening us hydrogenated 'vegetable oils' soybean oil, palm oils (seed oil).
Yep it's always with the shitty oils so I figured without even looking at the ingredients.