A question for our cooks....

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  •   #16  
    lady_adnerb's Avatarlady_adnerb , 12-22-2005 01:03 PM
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    Originally Posted by RobinW
    OMG Brenda, its phillidelphia cream cheese chip dip....flavoured with LOTS of dill pickle!! I dont know how far you are from a canadian border....but make sure you put this on your list when you get there!!

    When I first moved here, I took dh to the grocery store, and I told him what I wanted...ok, we are staring at all the chip dips, see the philly spreads for bagles and what not....but no chip dip. I was sooooo dissappointed!! Its what my mom always picks up for me when I go visit That and the dill pickle peanuts (honest) You can get the dill pickle chips here now...but its just not the same

    You mentioned that and I can bet my DH would LOVE that. He loves odd (no offense!) food. He makes hot pepper peanuts for work. And SUPER HOT pickled eggs. Shoot, his pickled eggs are so good (so people say. I don't like them) that people PAY him to make them some. He won't give out the recipe
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    RobinW's AvatarRobinW , 12-22-2005 02:38 PM
    Are you calling us Canadians odd?? (you know I couldnt resist that!) I bet he would like that stuff, put it on your shopping list!
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    Sonnet's AvatarSonnet , 12-23-2005 01:50 AM
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    Originally Posted by Leenie
    Isn't Crisco (in the baking section) considered lard ?
    Leenie, I think this too,, but when I worked in a large grocery chain, we had Crisco, and then there were small red or green boxes of lard. Back then, and now, I don't know the difference.

    Then when DH had his meat business, some customers came in for free pork fat to render their own lard, or for their home made "cracklin's" (rinds)... I don't have a clue. LOL
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    gonna_be_150's Avatargonna_be_150 , 12-23-2005 07:35 AM
    Shortening is vegetable based & lard is animal fats .
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    gonna_be_150's Avatargonna_be_150 , 12-23-2005 07:48 AM
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    Originally Posted by RobinW
    Are you calling us Canadians odd?? (you know I couldnt resist that!)
    Odd...us??????? Just because a certain province up here decided that cheese curds and gravy belonged on french fries...doesn't mean we're all odd .
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    poohshunny's Avatarpoohshunny , 12-23-2005 08:12 AM
    Our Super WalMart store has lard right next to the vegetable shortenings here in OK. Of course, we still have a lot of traditional cooks and lard is needed for things like fry bread, pie crusts, etc.! I remember as a child, the lard bucket always sat next to the stove within easy reach. We raised our own pork and had the fat rendered to use as lard. I haven't bought any in years because I try to eat as lowfat now as possible and use olive oil or Enova.
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