As Mrs. Lovett, from the musical "Sweeney Todd," said "Times is hard!," and seeming, today, to get harder all the time. So, why not return to a simpler age.....like cooking with Crisco?????????????
"Digestible, all-vegetable, Crisco!" So went the ad, when I was a kid.
Just scoop it out, fry it in a pan, and, before you know, chickens, vegetables, biscuits, even cookies, or a cherry pie, are yours for the eating!
Dismiss those rumors about Hostess' white cream being a mixture of Crisco and sugar. The texture is different, I can tell you, from annual consumption of "Sno-Balls;" pink, of course, being my favorite!!!!!!!!!!! It didn't do Idgie, Ruth, and the folk during their time any harm.
You know why, darlings???????? Because there was less processed food--if any--than there is now. I am telling you, a processed can of asparagus--for those who might deign to eat such a thing--is more lethal than Crisco.
So, girls, while contemplating what to cook for your husband, why not fry him a Crisco dinner, and bake a desert????????? He will fall asleep, afterward, and stay out of your hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Digestible, all purpose Crisco!" Return us to a more innocent time!
Oh, boy, are you ever inviting risque comments with this one.
ReplyDeleteI will not take the bait.
Oh, hell, of course I will:
Who cares if its digestible, since 90% of users apply it directly to the opposite end of the alimentary canal? Has anyone seriously cooked food with this stuff since Al Pacino released "Cruising" in 1980?
ReplyDeleteDarling,
You have a point...and not an idiotic one.
Growing up, in the kitchen cabinet, that
blue jar was always there. But I have no
memory of my mother ever cooking with
Crisco. Yet the jar was there. Maybe
it was some kind of fashion or social
statement!