Suet: where to buy?

[Yuwipi Woman]

Still breathing.

Always a good sign.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I never have SR flour because I don't bake. I don't mix things by hand because I HATE things under my fingernails. It's not too hard it just YUK!

My fingernails are also always 4/5 mm long, often longer.

I do mine in a mixer. No hands. Mix it up, then as it's mixing very gently tip in a little water until it rolls it's self together in a big ball.

Anyway, what difference would it make if you had suet and flour ready mixed or not?

 

[Disaster]

apparently I'll need some for my dumplings.

Yes. You'll definitely need some if you're making dumplings

Nearly all supermarkets stock it.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Yes. You'll definitely need some if you're making dumplings

Nearly all supermarkets stock it.

I don't see how you can eat that shite. Suet is just something you feed animals.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Apparently, it's a very British thing, using suet in puddings and in dumplings. I didn't actually know that until today.

Do Americans eat mince pies?

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Apparently, it's a very British thing, using suet in puddings and in dumplings. I didn't actually know that until today.

Do Americans eat mince pies?

Absolutely not.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Absolutely not.

Interesting.

I am just about to go and eat one now

(with vegetarian suet, of course!).

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I always have suet in the cupboard. I like to make pastry with it.

 

[pogofish]

I don't see how you can eat that shite. Suet is just something you feed animals.

I thought it gets called something different with you - shortening?

 

[chymaera]

I don't see how you can eat that shite. Suet is just something you feed animals.

You have very obviously never eaten steak and kidney pudding, bacon badger, dumplings, or swimmers.
(Swimmers may be unfamiliar to most here. They are a form of dumpling served up for dessert and are very sweet.)

 

[chymaera]

Bacon Badger, old rural recipe from Buckinghamshire area(ish):-
For the filling.
1/2 lb minced cooked bacon
1/4 lb diced potato
2 oz chopped onions
pinch of pepper
stock to moisten
mix into a clinging consistency.

For the suet crust:-
1/2 lb flour
1/2 lb suet
water to mix

Suet crust rolled out into an oblong 1/4 inch thick or slightly thinner,
place bacon mix into centre.
Roll (like a big swiss roll) seal ends by pinching.
wrap in clean damp t-towel, steam for one hour.

Serve with onion gravy and mashed potato.

 

[vipper]

The same people who buy pancake mixes where you have to add an egg and water... as opposed to adding an egg and milk to flour, I guess

Can you really buy those? Wow! That is a fantastic invention. I'll take a case of 24.

Ffs...

 

[Guineveretoo]

I thought it gets called something different with you - shortening?

I don't think it is the same thing. Shortening is just like butter or marge, for use in ordinary pastry.

 

[pogofish]

It can be certainly but I think it can also include animal fat products as well?

 

[Guineveretoo]

Possibly, but, according to internet, it's not the same as suet, and would not make suet pastry or dumplings, for example

 

[Gavin Bl]

Bacon Badger, old rural recipe from Buckinghamshire area(ish):-
For the filling.
1/2 lb minced cooked bacon
1/4 lb diced potato
2 oz chopped onions
pinch of pepper
stock to moisten
mix into a clinging consistency.

For the suet crust:-
1/2 lb flour
1/2 lb suet
water to mix

Suet crust rolled out into an oblong 1/4 inch thick or slightly thinner,
place bacon mix into centre.
Roll (like a big swiss roll) seal ends by pinching.
wrap in clean damp t-towel, steam for one hour.

Serve with onion gravy and mashed potato.

OOoo Ta, I'll try that.