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  2. Lard - Wikipedia

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    Lard is a semi-solid white fat product ... Pie crusts made with lard tend to be flakier ... 1916 advertisement for lard produced by Swift & Company. In Spain, ...

  3. Ensaïmada - Wikipedia

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    The ensaïmada is a pastry product from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, commonly found in southwestern Europe, Latin America and the Philippines. The ensaïmada de Mallorca is made with strong flour, water, sugar, eggs, mother dough and a kind of reduced pork lard named saïm in Catalan, which gives the pastry its name. The handmade ...

  4. Shortening - Wikipedia

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    Since the product looked like lard, Procter & Gamble instead began selling it as a vegetable fat for cooking purposes in June 1911, calling it "Crisco", a modification of the phrase "crystallized cottonseed oil". [4] A triglyceride molecule, the main constituent of shortening. While similar to lard, vegetable shortening was much cheaper to produce.

  5. The History Behind Your Favorite Pastries & Desserts - AOL

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    As a result, the chef came up with the ‘Palmer House Brownie’ a tasty concoction made of chocolate, walnuts, and apricot glaze. The word “brownie” first appeared in a cookbook in 1896 and ...

  6. List of Spanish inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Albucasis invented over 200 tools for use in surgery - many still in use today. Nuubo - Wearable medical technology that measures heart rate, blood pressure, perspiration, body temperature and current location. Pathology - various Muslim physicians in Spain were crucial in the development of modern medicine. Pathology, obviously was an ...

  7. Spanish cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Authors such as Strabo wrote about the aboriginal people of Spain using nuts and acorns as staple foods. [7] The extension of vineyards along the Mediterranean seemed to be due to the colonization of Greeks and Phoenicians, who also introduced the production of olive oil. Spain became the largest producer of olive oil in the world.

  8. We Did A Blind Taste Test Of 24 Boxed Cake Mixes—These Are ...

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    Since it was first invented in the 1930s, boxed cake mix has revolutionized home baking. Making a cake from scratch requires meticulous measuring and a long list of steps.

  9. 51 Greatest Examples Of “I’ll Do It Myself” In History

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    Image credits: Wichella #8. Can only remember a moment in personal history. I was the last generation in my country to do mandatory military service. And apparently my generation is particularly lazy.