"Dick Margulis" > wrote in message
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> Pandora wrote:
>> "Andy" <q> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> ...
>>> Pandora said...
>>>
>>>> I have a question: what is the "Solid shortening"?
>>>
>>> Pandora,
>>>
>>> It's similar to a "Crisco" brand vegetable shortening. It's not really
>>> solid,
>>> just not liquid like bottled oils.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> Do you mean something like Margarine?
>>
>
> Pandora,
>
> Solid shortening is partially hydrogenated soybean oil. It has the
> consistency of margarine, but it is 100% fat, whereas margarine is about
> 80% fat and 20% water. Solid shortening is a vegetable-based modern
> substitute for lard.

I don't use either. Neither of them is natural