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   Message 25,491 of 26,839   
   Ben Collver to Ruth Haffly   
   Pie Crust   
   16 Dec 25 07:47:55   
   
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     Re: Pie Crust   
     By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Sun Dec 14 2025 05:15 pm   
      
   RH> She commented at our older daughter's wedding that they had known   
   RH> us not quite as long as the relatives that attended, but longer than the   
   RH> friends we met along the way.   
      
   Cool!  Long-term friends are golden.   
      
   BC>    
      
   RH> That's on my bookshelf.   
      
   I'm honored to converse with the real deal.  :)   
      
   RH> Spectrum, an all natural one) for the shortening; my first choice is lard   
   RH> when I can get it, second choice is Spectrum.   
      
   Before i was born my grandmother made pie crust with lard.  Later she   
   switched to shortening because they thought it was healthier.  Also,   
   my family ate margarine because they thought it was healthier.  I am   
   not so sure.  My grandfather told me they used to call margarine Oleo   
   and i see old recipes that call it by that name.   
      
   RH> We have a mill and grind wheat, both soft wheat for pastries and quick   
   RH> breads/biscuits/muffins/etc and hard wheat for breads, pizza crust &   
   RH> anything else made with yeast. I'll be making a pie crust this week for a   
   RH> pot pie, using up some of the Thanksgiving turkey but getting the crust   
   RH> recipe probably from my James Beard (everything) cookbook.   
      
   I have a friend whose parents buy wheat directly from farmers and mill their   
   own flour.  They happen to live in wheat growing country.  I have read they   
   grow "winter wheat" here, which i think is the hard stuff, right? I imagine   
   that it results in fresher flour, kind of like the difference between   
   freshly ground pepper and the powdered stuff.   
      
   RH> Baked apples in the microwave--use something like a Honeycrisp apple,   
      
   Thanks for the suggestion, it sounds delicious and easy!  I'll do that the   
   next time i have apples.  I've also been thinking about making a trifle or   
   something like it.   
      
   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Banana Nut Bread Or Muffins   
    Categories: Breads, Muffins   
         Yield: 2 Loaves   
       
       3/4 c  Butter   
     1 3/4 c  Sugar   
         3    Whole eggs   
         1    Egg yolk   
         5 lg Ripe bananas;   
              - peeled & mashed   
     3 1/2 c  Flour   
     1 1/2 ts Salt   
         1 tb Baking powder; +1 ts   
       1/2 c  Walnuts; chopped   
       
     Preheat oven to 350?F. Butter two loaf pans or 18 muffin cups.   
        
     Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Beat in the   
     eggs, one at a time, creaming well after each addition. Mix the   
     mashed bananas into the egg mixture. At this point the batter will   
     appear to "break" and become soupy. Sift all the diy ingredients   
     together and add them to the egg mixture. Mix gently to combine. Add   
     the walnuts. Pour the batter into the prepared pans. Bake the bread   
     at 350?F for 50 to 60 minutes, or the muffins for 25 to 30 minutes,   
     or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.   
        
     Bananas were introduced to America by a New England sea captain,   
     Lorenzo Baker of Wellfleet, MA. He first brought back only one bunch   
     of green bananas from Jamaica, but they were so well received that he   
     eventually gave up seafaring and went into the banana business full   
     time.   
        
     Recipe FROM: The Red Lion Inn Cookbook, Boston   
        
     Posted by: Carolene Weber   
       
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