Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
>> No matter how many times I would measure shortening, it always felt
>> awkward. Measuring shortening has always been a drag for me.
>>
>> Actually, it would probably be more practical to just sell shortening in
>> tubes with graduated markings that one could use a standard hardware
>> caulking gun to dispense. Just make sure you don't mix-up your tubes! :-)
>
> I've seen shortening sold in stick form, like butter, complete with wrapper
> markings on it which purport to show the volume of the shortening. Of
> course, if the wrapper's "zero point" isn't the actual end of the stick,
> that measurement will be wrong.
>
> Bob
>
But it is easy enough to compensate for that!

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Jean B.