Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Applesauce works very well, as does apple butter, pureed prunes, and all sorts of other things. On Saturday, March 6, 2004, at 03:00 AM, wrote: > > Message: 2 > Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:50:44 -0500 > " l. a l j u w a i e " <aljuwaie > Crisco, Ghee, Margarine, oh my! > > Hello all ) > > > > I made my children some (vegan) peanut-butter cookies yesterday with > Motherís margarine ñ and they had an awful, somewhat bitter aftertaste > which I attributed to the margarine (OK, so I had a taste!). > > > > Which got me to looking into Crisco, but geez, I never realized how > awful that stuff is!!! Thankfully, I never really used it at all. There > seems to be some debate on whether or not it is even vegan: > http://vegweb.com/food/sweets/cookies26.shtml Does anyone have any info > on that? > > > > So I started wondering about my vegetable ghee (Dalda). How bad for us > is that??? Has anyone ever baked with it? The Dalda brand certainly > doesnít have the stronger, more pungent flavor that clarified butter > types do (as I recall) ñ so I thought it might be worth a try. > > > > If all else fails, I guess I can use applesauce, right? > " When life is sweet, watch out for diabetes. " --W B Kek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Yeah I agree applesauce is great. Also remember that not all margarines are created equal. Some vegan margarines are awful and taste nothing like butter. I like " Smart Balance- light " - (the non- light version has a small amount of dairy in it). " Earth balance " is not as good. There is also a soy margarine I get sometimes which is pretty good. You'll have to experiment with different brands to find one that suits your taste. Also, be sure to take into account whether your margarine has salt in it. If the recipe calls for a pinch of salt, but you've already used a high sodium margarine, your cookies could have an off-taste. Crisco is vegan in that it does not (as far as they say on the label) contain dairy, lard, or animal byproducts. But since they are made by Proctor and Gamble, a corporation with a long history of testing their cosmetics on animals, some vegans like to say that anything by P & G (i.e. Pringles) is not vegan. So, the call is yours. Since crisco is anything but healthy, I'd say go with the applesauce or margarine anyway. , The Stewarts <stews9@c...> wrote: > Applesauce works very well, as does apple butter, pureed prunes, and all > sorts of other things. > > > > > > Message: 2 > > Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:50:44 -0500 > > " l. a l j u w a i e " <aljuwaie@c...> > > Crisco, Ghee, Margarine, oh my! > > > > Hello all ) > > > > > > > > I made my children some (vegan) peanut-butter cookies yesterday with > > Motherís margarine ñ and they had an awful, somewhat bitter aftertaste > > which I attributed to the margarine (OK, so I had a taste!). > > > > > > > > Which got me to looking into Crisco, but geez, I never realized how > > awful that stuff is!!! Thankfully, I never really used it at all. There > > seems to be some debate on whether or not it is even vegan: > > http://vegweb.com/food/sweets/cookies26.shtml Does anyone have any info > > on that? > > > > > > > > So I started wondering about my vegetable ghee (Dalda). How bad for us > > is that??? Has anyone ever baked with it? The Dalda brand certainly > > doesnít have the stronger, more pungent flavor that clarified butter > > types do (as I recall) ñ so I thought it might be worth a try. > > > > > > > > If all else fails, I guess I can use applesauce, right? > > > " When life is sweet, watch out for diabetes. " > --W B Kek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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