vegetable shortening/pie plate?

[DontMindMe]

I am making a pie for Thanksgiving and would like to use my mother's recipe for the crust. It calls for vegetable shortening (liquid or solid will do), and I don't recall seeing any Crisco around Capital Federal.

So does it exist, where can I get it if it does, and is it called manteca vegetal like the Mexicans on Yahoo answers said?

Also, do I have a shot in hell at finding a disposable pie plate?

Ordinarily I would just hop on a bus and head to Doña Clara (never been) and barrio chino but I am super busy this week and would appreciate any help to cut down on my search time. Thanks!

 

[bebero]

crisco is basically margarine, so use that. or even better: don't.
why don't you make your pie crust with butter? it tastes a lot better and it isn't as unhealthy as hydrogenated oil.

 

[DontMindMe]

It may be "basically" margarine but is not, actually. Using vegetable shortening gives a different texture to the crust. This is Thanksgiving, the one day of the year when I am not thinking about health so much as tasty delicious food. I wanted to use my mother's recipe, period, which is why I was asking for the specific ingredient.

Butter is quite difficult to use in pastry crust as it has to be kept at a very cold temperature during the rolling process, etc. And as I'm in a piece of shit tiny apartment with no air conditioner I would rather avoid having to refrigerate every single tool I plan to use in our overcrowded refrigerator/freezer. This is my first time making a crust from scratch and I don't need any complications.

If anyone has more constructive advice that doesn't come with a nutrition lecture, I am all ears.

 

[Nicole_Ramirez]

You can buy it in a block. It comes with a white wrapper. It's called Vegetalina. It's by the butters. I've used it. It's a different consistency than Crisco, but it works.

 

[vanessa]

You can buy it in a block. It comes with a white wrapper. It's called Vegetalina. It's by the butters. I've used it. It's a different consistency than Crisco, but it works.

Yeah, it is found in Chinos too (at least the one near me).

 

[StuckLikeGlue]

I buy it at Disco, it should be in any of the supermarkets. I'm using it to make a pie crust too, let me know how yours works out

 

[bebero]

Vegetalina is margarine, guys. And Crisco too. There's no chemical difference.

Also, I don't understand how you say that using butter is hard and then you said you've never made a pie crust from scratch, but whatever.

 

[DontMindMe]

Vegetalina is margarine, guys. And Crisco too. There's no chemical difference.

Also, I don't understand how you say that using butter is hard and then you said you've never made a pie crust from scratch, but whatever.

http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-margarine-and-vs-shortening/

Butter melts faster than shortening, which will make the pie crust harder to handle unless I am able to keep it quite cold, which as I have already mentioned would be difficult in my apartment. You seem really determined to rain on my pie making parade with your superior attitude. Sheesh.

Thanks to everyone for your help! Found a disposable pie plate and vegetalina at Doña Clara, and a cheap rolling pin at another little store on Pueyrredón near Lavalle.