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I can't believe it tastes different (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That is seriously how my mother cooked when I was a kid. The dreaded words before dinner were, "this was an experiment."

And it was always shit like this. "Well, it called for four cups of sugar, but sugar is bad for you, so I substituted potato flour."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

It was 2021, none of us were in our right minds.

[–] [email protected] 156 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I looked for the recipe this comment was made in, and in the comments, the original author of the recipe mentions replacing whole or part of the oil with applesauce which might explain why.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe you, but... you were already there, you couldn't copy/paste, provide a screenshot or a URL?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did not want to accidentally send more comments to the person in the screenshots way by posting a link. It was a recipe for brownies. Here is the comment made by the author:

The recipe with the comments is easy enough to find online though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

OP delivers! Thanks, this totally changes the entire context!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Applesauce can be used as a replacement for oil in cakes and some quick breads. I've done it on the rare occasion I've been short of cooking oil for a cake. Don't think I've ever swapped it in for all the oil though. It does give a bit different texture and flavor, I find it kind of pleasant myself. And youy will need to probably bake the cake for a bit longer too. YMMV based on your oven.

I personally would not use applesauce to fry in though. But perhaps Flying Squid's mother should experiment for use and they can report back to us on the results.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's better as a replacement for eggs. I say this as a avid vegan baker, oil is oil. Results may vary, but there is no good substitute. And coconut oil is the best kind, IMHO. Worth the extra couple bucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Sardine oil would like a word....

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

Hats off for putting in the effort, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 7 months ago

This might be the most rational comment I've ever read on Lemmy.

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