Vegetarians taking over BAires?
Nov 22, 2009 | 6:44 pm
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Possibly fried in lard?
Nov 22, 2009 | 7:28 pm
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Fried empanadas are a lot less common than most assume.... they are actually very hard to come by. Most all are oven baked.
Nov 23, 2009 | 5:30 am
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Besides baked are better. The fried ones taste like egg rolls to me.
And unless you are cooking it yourself, you can never know for sure that something is really vegetarian when you eat out. That applies to the U.S. as well.
And unless you are cooking it yourself, you can never know for sure that something is really vegetarian when you eat out. That applies to the U.S. as well.
Nov 23, 2009 | 9:57 am
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Nov 24, 2009 | 6:03 pm
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Nov 24, 2009 | 7:22 pm
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whats all this blabber about grasa vacuna...???? 
Like you Gringos up North dont use deep frying for anything, right...????
And pleezze dont even get me started on that Chernobyl Crisco crap.... 
El que mira la paja en el ojo ajeno tienen una viga en el propio...
Like you Gringos up North dont use deep frying for anything, right...????
And pleezze dont even get me started on that Chernobyl Crisco crap....
El que mira la paja en el ojo ajeno tienen una viga en el propio...
Nov 24, 2009 | 7:55 pm
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I've never had a fried empanada however my wife tells me it used to be quite common doing them deep fried in pork fat.
Coming from Glasgow where one can get just about anything deep fried I'd certainly be willing to give them a go. ^
Coming from Glasgow where one can get just about anything deep fried I'd certainly be willing to give them a go. ^
Nov 25, 2009 | 6:48 pm
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Frying in port fat... hmm never heard of that. Yes to Cow Fat and Chicken fat.... but not pork lard.... must be tasty though !!!
Nov 25, 2009 | 6:53 pm
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Nov 25, 2009 | 6:59 pm
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pork fat would be grasa de cerdo o grasa de chancho... not sure it has a dedicated name but I will check with my Carnicero tomorrow since I have to see him to place my order for the weekend asado !!!!
Nov 27, 2009 | 8:06 pm
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manteca
However, "pork fat" differs from "lard", I think, in English, so would the corresponding Spanish terms be "grasa de cerdo" for pork fat and "manteca de cerdo" for lard? And would the latter term be used even in Argentina?
Nov 28, 2009 | 12:41 pm
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In Spain, manteca de cerdo is (rendered) lard. Grasa de cerdo would, technically, be pork fat but it's typically called by other names depending on the form and what it's used for.
Also I know of Gaucho's quote in post 23 isn't a typo, but that means something really, really, really different in Spain than it does in Argentina.
Also I know of Gaucho's quote in post 23 isn't a typo, but that means something really, really, really different in Spain than it does in Argentina.