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Re: Respect for Crust

Baylen — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:23:59 -0000

I think the "peas" requirement is pretty common. My Better Homes cookbook (ca. 1965) says the same. I've always taken it to mean cutting the shortening into the flour (I tend to use softened butter rather than lard) until it's about the size of small peas/large BBs.

Re: Respect for Crust

Winn — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:29:52 -0000

I also was confused for the apple pie recipe when you said to cut it the size of peas.... maybe you should upload a picture?

Re: Respect for Crust

Chris — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:06:18 -0000

I confess I'm no pie crust expert. I guess the problem was that the friend was cutting fat into pieces that were too small? How would this affect the crust?