[Sca-cooks] Fruit pies?
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Thu Dec 4 11:42:13 PST 2003
> The other "fact" that made me raise an eyebrow was out of period for
> us. They claimed that the pilgrims didn't make any pies with edible
> crusts, but that all crusts were the very hard kind used as baking
> vessels. This practice has been discussed on this list in the past, so
> the fact that they may have used pastry crust in this way isn't in and
> of itself bothering me. But, the idea that this was their exclusive use
> of pastry crust - or even primary use - makes me wonder. That strikes
> me as a terrible waste of fat and flour for a society that had little to
> spare.
Well, hard pastry crusts don't have fat in them, for one thing. That's
part of the reason they are hard...
-- Pani Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
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