PENMART01 wrote:

> Whaddidya think, baking didn't exist prior to the invention of hydrogenated
> vegetable shortening...duh. Friggin' lard brained idiot.

That's not what he said. He said that in the USA it has become common
to use the term "shortening" when referring to vegetable shortening.
Whether that's a good thing or not is another issue, but it's a fact.

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