From: De-Trois-Leaning <dtl@invalid.net>
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,can.politics,aus.politics,nz.politics
Subject: Re: The hamburger
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:30:14 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
gm wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 23:11:56 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2024-11-14 2:47 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
>>>> On 11/13/2024 1:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-11-13 12:28 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/13/2024 6:30 AM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Most American pie crusts, and American baked goods in general are
>>>>>>> crap because they are full of crappy ingredients.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've adapted grandma's pie crust recipe to use frozen butter instead
>>>>>> of Crisco.ÃÂ I've never met a decent (grocery) store bought pastry,
>>>>>> ick.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good for you. I have never used one but I have had "home made" pies
>>>>> that were made with them.ÃÂ They are, IMO, inferior to real home made
>>>>> pie dough. The worse home made pie crust is probably better than the
>>>>> best store bought. However, we have to accept the sad fact that some
>>>>> people really struggle with dough making and rolling.ÃÂ It is not
>>>>> just a matter of convenience because they just can't do it.ÃÂ I
>>>>> consider myself lucky to have learned how to make it and that I find
>>>>> it easy.
>>>>
>>>> Luckily I got the hang of it fairly easily.ÃÂ I found that cold butter
>>>> is a much better texture than Crisco.ÃÂ I've never tried lard, that
>>>> will be a project for some day.
>>>
>>>
>>> I usually use Crisco for dessert pies and lard for savory pies. It is
>>> important not to cut the fat too fine. You need to have chunks of fat in
>>> there to get a flaky pastry.
>>>
>>
>> Officer Dave, should you be eating Crisco and lard and shit with your
>> serious cardiac condition? I remember reading many posts where you told
>> of your dramatic near death experiences. Plus your posts crowing about
>> all the diagnostics, treatments, and surgeries, which you obtained FREE
>> from the canadian government.
>>
>> So, now you're just gonna eat Crisco and blow it all away, after the
>> taxpayers have graciously funded the patching of your failing, rotten
>> heart?
>>
>> Damn Dave, I hope they don't spread trash all over your grave.
>>
>> Master Bruce will probably put some nice flowers on top off all the
>> trash though.
>
>
> Since canaduh has such lousy "health care", Offiser Dave will have to
> "wait in line" to croak, lol...!!!
>
> ð
>
> --
> GM
Perhaps not:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/25/canada-assisted-dying-laws-in-spotlight-as-expansion-paused-again
Canada has one of the highest rates of euthanasia in the world, with
4.1% of deaths aided by doctors
Government figures show that 13,102 people ended their lives under Maid
in 2022 â an increase of 30% on the previous year.