Cookeen Should I use it?

16011996

sure it says suitable for veggies on the pack.

Sarahsaver

it is vegetable fat i can remember mum buying it when i was younger and became a veggie, before that she always had lard in the fridge.
Its still not 'healthy' though despite being vegetable oil
Ive saved the fat off some sausages, should i sell it on ebay?

16011996

prob get quite a bit for it. lol

MATH

LOL ;D One of my uncles 'claimed' he nailed the sausage skin to the back door to rub his bread down when he was so skint he couldn't afford butter. Have you noticed the more well off a person becomes the more humble their beginnings become when telling stories of the 'Good Ol Days' ::)

16011996

oh yes, my grandad slept in a sack and had to darn his socks for years, and only got an orange to share with his brother for xmas. ;D

Sarahsaver

I have made a boo-boo i realised i poured the pork fat into a cup with beef fat in it already. A cross between lard and dripping. Stuffed its resale value i suppose.
I am interested in this cookeen stuff because i need to make some pies and i am a bit fearful of making pastry, will it be crud if i use margarine, would i be better getting some cookeen, or even using my hidden supply of fat from the fridge... would it make the mince pies taste sort of beefy/sausagey?

MATH

Marg is better than nothing. I use it (more often butter) if I want a heavier pastry for meat pies etc. Lard is king though the pastry justs melts.

16011996

lard does make the best pastry by far. ;D

Quackers

Quakers: Cookeen is made of refined vegetable fats, should be OK for veggies HTH

Thanks MATH. Not sure I could get that pastry tasting as scrummy as my Nans though ;D

I'm convinced my Nan didn't know it was veggie 'cos when I became a veggie at 15 I can remember her buying veggie fat to make pastry just for me ;D ;D

ooooooopppps!! Just wait 'til I get up to those pearly gates and tell her - we'll have a right good giggle

16011996

;D