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Old 10-12-2010, 21:44
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I've been using this on a course for general pastry. I'm not sure if it's because of the age of it but it uses marg for the fat ingredient. Couldn't find a date on the book itself.

Do the newer editions still use this or do they use butter or other spread?

If using butter do you use the same quantities?

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Old 10-12-2010, 22:18
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No idea on the difference in the recipes now, but I grew up cooking with this book and we always just used to completely interchange marg and butter (if it was for a special occasion/bake sale we'd always use butter). I think I do actually have a new and old version of the book though, will try to dig them out. Mmm the teabread recipe used to be a staple in the house, thank you for the happy reminder
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Old 10-12-2010, 23:25
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http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm

The online version
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Old 11-12-2010, 00:46
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More to the point - where can you still get Be-Ro flour - it is the finest (texture) and the best (IMO).

Having checked the website they seem to be of the opinion it is widely available everywhere, but in my experience it is like hen's teeth.

Last place I got any was B&M in Cleveleys - which is a long way away, and last time I was there they didn't have any either.

I suddenly feel very old as I am using the internet to find the place to buy Be-Ro flour - meh, it is good stuff !!!!
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Old 11-12-2010, 09:37
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Is it really better then Homepride though? That's the flour I use but if I find any Be-Ro I will buy some and do a taste test! I wish I still had my old Be-Ro recipe book I was given years ago.
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Old 11-12-2010, 11:48
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Not being in to baking i've never really looked in to buying marg or other baking fats. Infact I thought marg was illegal in the UK. It was said on QI that marg wasn't available for sale in the UK.

I looked on mysupermarket and asda sell their own marg.

Couldn't find Be-Ro though. I wonder if it has gone out of business.


btw, you can get the recipe book on eBay for a couple of quid.
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Old 11-12-2010, 13:27
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More to the point - where can you still get Be-Ro flour - it is the finest (texture) and the best (IMO).

Having checked the website they seem to be of the opinion it is widely available everywhere, but in my experience it is like hen's teeth.

Last place I got any was B&M in Cleveleys - which is a long way away, and last time I was there they didn't have any either.

I suddenly feel very old as I am using the internet to find the place to buy Be-Ro flour - meh, it is good stuff !!!!

My favourite is Lofty Peaks - the co-ops own brand. And I have an old Lofty Peaks recipe book I use too for baking - swiss rolls and Florence cake I am a bit of a magpie where old recipe books are concerned, I love the old 50s/60s colour photos and the lovely optimistic and sensible encourageing advice offered - i cant resist rescuing them from junk shops.

anyway, OP - I have a modern Bero book, ( cant find a date but its the 40th edition) and the basic pastry recipe is 50% marg 50% lard
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Old 11-12-2010, 13:46
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I'm guessing the book must be pretty old anyway, even the 40th edition. I was just surprised to see marg all over the place as it's commonly thought as the baddest of the bad in fat terms isn't it?
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Old 11-12-2010, 14:06
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I dont think its that old - i bought it in Morrison's a couple of years ago. Its a third A4 booklet ( like an envelope), sold in the baking aisle. having another look for the date.

Yes, marg is horrible. I dont know if its an urban myth or not, but there's a story about an experiment where cockroaches ate everything but wouldnt touch the margarine...
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Old 11-12-2010, 14:34
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It's still may be in print but it may not have been updated for 30 years.
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Old 11-12-2010, 14:41
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aha , a date! revised and enlarged edition 2007.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Ro-Flour-.../dp/B001PES33G



inside the back cover it says

For free advice on home baking please write to the Be-ro Kitchen,P O Box 100, Blackburn, BB0 1 GR

might be interesting to ask them about the marg?!
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Old 11-12-2010, 15:27
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Isn't the likes of Flora and sorts classed as marg?
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Old 11-12-2010, 15:59
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Not sure. It's complicated to tell whether they are marge or low-fat spreads.

I read the first page of this thread but then got bored
http://www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=14645&highlight=



Looks like marg has to be 80% fat and some of those cooking/baking fats & spreads are 75% so cannot be called marg.
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Old 12-12-2010, 21:42
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More to the point - where can you still get Be-Ro flour - it is the finest (texture) and the best (IMO).
Tesco sells Be-Ro!
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Old 14-12-2010, 19:44
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When the Bero book says margarine I use block Stork margarine.
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Old 14-12-2010, 20:43
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I dont think its that old - i bought it in Morrison's a couple of years ago. Its a third A4 booklet ( like an envelope), sold in the baking aisle. having another look for the date.

Yes, marg is horrible. I dont know if its an urban myth or not, but there's a story about an experiment where cockroaches ate everything but wouldnt touch the margarine...

I bought the same book in morrisons last month. They sell be-ro too :]
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