Oldies shopping

[Dot]

A little old guy is walking around in a
supermarket calling out,
Crisco, Crissssssscoooo!'
Soon an assistant manager approaches and says,
'Sir, the Crisco is in aisle 3.'
The old guy replies, 'Oh, I'm not looking for the
cooking stuff. I'm calling my wife. She's in here
somewhere'
The clerk is
astonished.
'Your wife's name is
Crisco?'
The old guy answers, 'Oh no, no, no. I only call
her that when we're out in public'
'I see,' said the
clerk.
'What do you call her at
home?'
'Lard ass.'

[Grandad]

Love it......but I must ask.
Crisco is a household name in North America but my memory (since circa 1960) is that it's unheard of here.
Have things changed? Do we now sell Crisco shortening here in Oz?

Jim

[Dot]

Love it......but I must ask.
Crisco is a household name in North America but my memory (since circa 1960) is that it's unheard of here.
Have things changed? Do we now sell Crisco shortening here in Oz?

Jim

I know we have Cosco here but maybe the old couple were on holiday over here.....
How is your van upgrade doing Jim?

[Grandad]

When I first arrived here as a wee tacker with the parents, my mother never stopped complaining about not being able to buy what she considered "Essentials".
One was Crisco shortening and the other was Graham Crackers.

As a cheeky 11 or 12-year-old, I suggested to my mother that Australian housewives appeared to do as much cooking as Canadian ones do so obviously there is a substitute that will work just fine.
Apparently, kids shouldn't use logic with their mothers.

To this day, I've never seen either on any supermarket shelf. There was a Crisco cooking oil at one stage but never shortening.

The van is on hold for the winter. I tried to spray paint the exterior while the weather was still warm enough and stuffed it up. It's been too many decades since I pulled the spray gun out of the cupboard it seems. I'll have another go in spring after maybe asking for some help from someone with more experience. In the meantime, full steam ahead on house interior renovations.

Jim

[supersparky]

I can remember being sent up to the butchers shop for a tub of lard as a kid. Which I imagine , would be the same type of thing. Havent seen that for years either. Apparently it wasn't healthy to cook with, or eat animal fats.

[2foot6]

I can remember being sent up to the butchers shop for a tub of lard as a kid. Which I imagine , would be the same type of thing. Havent seen that for years either. Apparently it wasn't healthy to cook with, or eat animal fats.

You can't beat the taste and smell of fish and chips cooked in lard AND wrapped in a news paper.................hmmm can smell it now
.Peter.

[Greynomad]

I can remember being sent up to the butchers shop for a tub of lard as a kid. Which I imagine , would be the same type of thing. Havent seen that for years either. Apparently it wasn't healthy to cook with, or eat animal fats.

You can't beat the taste and smell of fish and chips cooked in lard wrapped in a news paper.................hmmm can smell it now
.Peter.

Peter,
I suggest you take the lard out of the newspaper before cooking the fish and chips.
... or insert an ‘and’ in there somewhere.

[2foot6]

or insert an ‘and’ in there somewhere.

FIXED thanks Greynomad

[T1 Terry]

My father's side of the family were British, my mother was born in Lithgow but all the rest of her family (youngest of 13) were born in Britain. The practice or pouring the fat from the roast into a "Dripping tin" and storing in the fridge was what grew up with. On cold winters mornings at my grandparents place, often before setting off early morning on holidays, we had toast and dripping spread thick and smothered in salt. My father always had the first scrapping of the bottom of the solid lump, melted and removed from the tin by dropping in a pot of hot water just long enough to upend the contents on a plate ...... Jelly and lumps of who knows what can you imagine was layered thick on his toast
Can you imagine anything like that taking place these days .... the adults would have been had up for child neglect or something ..... but then, I am the only one still alive out of the lot of them and not that far off having clocked up more yrs than any of them so ......

T1 Terry

[Greynomad]

Yup. Remember the Dripping tin in the fridge... even had “Dripping” impressed into the side. Had a perforated strainer tray on top, then the lid.
Mum used to let me have the bits & pieces that wouldn’t pass through.
Musta been about 5~7yo.