Question for "experienced" bakers about an OLD Ingredient

[AllenOK]

I just recently found a copy of the Pillsbury Bake-off Contest top 100 recipes, circa 1952. Several of the recipes call for a product called "Homegenized Spry". From the way the recipe is written, that's a brand name and product. Since it's always creamed with sugar, I'm thinking this is a fat of some kind, like margarine. Am I correct?

 

[Katie H]

Allen, Spry was a product that I grew up with. You can substitute Crisco for it. It's another maker's version of vegetable shortening.

 

[GB]

Here ya go.

 

[Andy M.]

Not sure what an OL is but can guarantee that SPRY is vegetable shortening.

 

[Katie H]

Not sure what an OL is but can guarantee that SPRY is vegetable shortening.

I'm puzzled, Andy. Where does your "OL" reference come from? I looked at the Wikipedia link and didn't see it there.

 

[Andy M.]

I'm puzzled, Andy. Where does your "OL" reference come from? I looked at the Wikipedia link and didn't see it there.

It's in the title of this thread

 

[Andy M.]

OK I think he just ran out of typing room. Probably should be OLd ingredient.

 

[Katie H]

Okay, I see. I think the OP meant "about an OLD....whatever." Never even noticed that. Guess I'm not as "spry" as I used to be.

 

[Andy M.]

 

[auntdot]

Gosh, I haven't thought about, or seen, Spry in years.

I love those old booklets put out by companies with recipes, cooking advice, and, of course, ads. Have a small collection. Try to keep the amount of stuff we accumulate to a minimum these days, am failing miserably on that. I wonder if anyone else sorta collects those things.

 

[GrillingFool]

"Delicious, economical and easy to make with the purer all-vegetable shortening...
SPRY! It's triple creamed!
In 6, 3 and 1 pound cans....

Personally, I think old Aunt Jenny looked pretty much like a housewife on the edge, ready
to snap, myself.... put the spatula down, Aunt Jenny.....

 

[*amy*]

"Delicious, economical and easy to make with the purer all-vegetable shortening...
SPRY! It's triple creamed!
In 6, 3 and 1 pound cans....

Personally, I think old Aunt Jenny looked pretty much like a housewife on the edge, ready
to snap, myself.... put the spatula down, Aunt Jenny.....

Aunt Jenny reminds me of someone. Another 'spry' old bird. Hmmm.... I know.

Yahoo! Image Detail for www.akrondesign.com/foundation/images/items/PsychoMother1.jpg

 

[AllenOK]

Thanks everybody. I was thinking it was something along those lines.

If you like "old" recipe collections, I have in my library a copy of the 1938 Second Edition of the 1931 Printing of the "Household Searchlight" cookbook, which from what I gather, was a magazine way-back-when.