I bought some green Crisco at the store since it said 0 trans fat. I made some icing using the Wilton recipe (which I do all the time with butter flavor and vanilla). I just tasted it and ewwww. It tasted awful it had an aftertaste! ![]()
Has any of you used it before? Or am I being paranoid and it should be really fine? I'm making a cake for a party with my best friends and want to make sure they like it.
I was just about to buy some, so I'm offering a bump in hopes that others have used it, too!
Angie
Do you mean the color is green? You can get unhydrogenated shortening at Whole Foods.
I use the "green" crisco with 0 trans fat all the time with my wilton b.c. frosting. It tastes normal to me, and no one has ever thought it tasted weird yet. I wonder if you got a bad batch or something?
I have been using the "green" Crisco ever since I found it in the store. I haven't noticed a difference at all. Nobody else has either. I don't know why it would make your frosting tast different than it does with the regular Crisco.
Green label=no trans fat.
I have asked about the butter flavored Crisco and was advised not to use in the Wilton recipe, but maybe someone has successfully???
Angie
I think the green Crisco is like the cheese cake I made a while ago with splenda, no one noticed the difference but I could taste the splenda and did not like the cake at all. I think you just have really good taste buds and so you notice the little taste differences.
The crisco solid shortening with zero trans fat is in a green can. As far as taste I'm sure some people are going to be more sensitive to it than others. I heard about a taste test they did with regular oreos versus the new zero trans fat ones. I think about 25% didn't like the new kind and thought they tasted funny. So, I'm sure some people will think the icing tastes different and some won't. ![]()
Not to be annoying but just because the new crisco has 0 transfat doesn't make it any better for you than regular crisco. The problem is they are both hydrogenated. You can get non-hydrogenated shortening at the healthfood store. PS. I do use regular crisco when I make cakes for other people, and I use the healthfood stuff when I make cake for my family. I'm terrible.
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