February 1, 2007
YOU WON'T EVEN NOTICE:
Cobbler with trans-fat-free Crisco still hits the spot (JANET RAUSA FULLER, 2/01/07, Chicago Sun-Times)
The recipe for peach cobbler at Army and Lou's, the famed South Side soul food joint, hasn't changed in 62 years.Posted by Orrin Judd at February 1, 2007 12:01 PMThe key, the staff says, is in the crust: flour, sugar, salt, ice-cold water, butter and Crisco -- and only Crisco.
"It has to be Crisco," said baker Vickie Thomas. "The generic stuff don't make the dough right."
But change is inevitable. Last week, the makers of Crisco introduced a new, reformulated Crisco that is free of artery-clogging trans fats but, they insist, performs exactly like the original, which has been around since 1911. [...]
Customers Lauretta Sanders and her husband, Frank, also sided with the new Crisco crust.
"This is it. It's flakier, and it has body to it," Lauretta Sanders said between bites.
Tho I'll take a shortening/butter crust, my preference is for lard.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at February 1, 2007 12:21 PMJim:
Bingo. Don't eat commercial cookies regularly but had a reformulated Oreo recently and the difference was significant.
Posted by: Rick T. at February 1, 2007 12:54 PMAlton Brown did a show about using lard and according to him, it's okay to use it.
Posted by: erp at February 1, 2007 2:44 PMWell,
Jim and erp pretty well covered the territory I was going to discover.
Mike
Well,
Jim and erp pretty well covered the territory I was going to discover.
Mike
Not that I don't believe you all, but somebody please send me some cookies made with the new Crisco so I can judge for myself.
Posted by: erp at February 2, 2007 8:20 AMNot that I don't believe you all, but somebody please send me some cookies made with the new Crisco so I can judge for myself.
Posted by: erp at February 2, 2007 8:22 AM