On Sun 25 May 2008 06:36:37p, told us...

> On May 23, 10:53*am, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>> On Thu 22 May 2008 10:09:32a, weaver told us...
>>
>> > My Aunt taught me this trick many years ago. If you ever need to get
>> > the right amount of Shortening for say...Your home made Pie Crust,
>> > here is a simple yet easy way to do it.
>>
>> I used to do that occasionally before I had a scale. *I find the scale
>> simpler and less messy. *I just put a piece of plastic wrap on the top o
>> f the scale and spoon the solid shortening onto it. *1/2 cup of
>> shortening equ als 4 oz. advp. *In other words, ounce for ounce. Easy.
>>
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>
> I also use a scale but without the plastic: I put my mixing bowl on
> the scale, "tare it" or zero it out, then add the shortening by weight
> (1T=12 or 14 gm, for example). It is accurate and there is only one
> messy scraper to wash. I LOVE my digital scale!
>

My scale is quite small, although will weight up to 15 lbs. Unfortunately,
a mixing bowl sitting on top prevents me from seeing the readout.
Otherwise, I'd use the bowl.

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