On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 14:36:49 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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snip My home economics teacher taught us to measure
>shortening using water displacement: If you want half a cup
>of shortening (for example), put half a cup of water in a
>graduated glass measuring cup (or jug, as you might say),
>and spoon in shortening until the water reaches the 1 cup
>mark. Pour off the water and 1/2 cup of shortening
>remains. Obviously, a fair amount of water clings to
>the shortening. A pre-measured and wrapped 1/4 pound stick
>of shortening is 1/2 cup, so it's much more convenient to
>use.
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>Cindy Hamilton
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>heck that all sounds complicated. I just pop it onto my scale!
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>So, a stick of butter is 1/4lb Thanks. I've never been able to work that
>out)
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Instead, you take a 1/4 cup measure (the kind for dry ingredients,
not the pitcher for wet ingredients), scoop the Crisco into the 1/4
cup measure, level it off and scoop it off into your recipe.
Janet US