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Default Shortening versus Butter in Homemade Biscuits

On Jul 26, 5:26*pm, Damaeus > wrote:
> I accidentally posted this first to rec.food-cooking....here's a post for
> this group:
>
> I like biscuits now and then, and I got the itch to have some a while back
> when I was watching the Food Network and saw Tyler Florence's version. *He
> shocked me when he said to use vegetable shortening, his reason being that
> he found that butter tends to burn, while shortening doesn't.
>


Anyone who uses hydrogenated shortening in 2009 has either been
(metaphorically) living in a cave, or they are a freaking idiot, or
possibly they are evil. If what you say is accurate, Tyler Florence
deserves to be kicked in the groin repeatedly.
>
> Damaeus


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