[Sca-cooks] Fruit pies?

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> 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...

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