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<Alan > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:28:45 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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>>"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
>>
> Lard isn't natural?

LOL I am talking about margarine and Crisco