i saw these phrases in a recipe and i'd like to try it out so i'm hoping someone from the u.s. can explain it for me, thanks!
2006-08-14 05:41:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
A skillet is a frying pan. It is a round pan that is about two inches tall with a rim around it. You use it on top of the stove. Shortening is the fat in the recipe. It could be butter, lard, margarine or a product like Crisco if you have that where you are. Usually when a recipe says shortening it means the Crisco. Crisco is a white, fat type product that comes in a can. Sometimes you can use half butter/margarine and half Crisco if you want. There is a website called nancyskitchen@yahoo.com. It is a free recipe exchange website and it has wonderful recipes. When you have any questions you can post them and the members will answer for you. You might really like it.
2006-08-14 05:50:44 · answer #1 · answered by papricka w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet is a kind of frying pan with a long handle and deep sides.
Shortening is basically fat or lard. Crisco makes a popular shortening that you can find in the supermarkets.
2006-08-14 05:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Tamborine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet is kind of like a slang word for frying pan, depending on where you live. As for shortening? It's a fat. You can find shortening in tubs or containers; it's white, and has the consistancy kind of like soft butter. It's used a lot for baking, can be melted and used for pan-frying (like fried chicken?), and even for greasing surfaces to make, for example, a muffin tin, non-stick!
2006-08-14 05:47:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jared 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet is a frying pan and shortening is fat (lard) that is used in baked goods, such as cookies. There is nothing wrong with shortening so dont think nasty. You dont taste it, so dont worry. Its a necessity to make certain baked goods!! Trust me, it would not be there if you didnt need it! Im sure you have had it and not even known about it!! :)
2006-08-14 05:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by Angeliz F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet is basically just a regular pan. Shortening is a form of butter that's usually used in to make cakes or pastries rich and flaky.
2006-08-14 05:50:16 · answer #5 · answered by nycporkchop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet is a small pan. Shortening is like lard. Hope this helps!
2006-08-14 05:46:50 · answer #6 · answered by roy d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet if a frying pan. Shortening is lard, butter or some type of oil.
2006-08-14 05:55:44 · answer #7 · answered by amccrae5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet is a pan used often to fry fish. Shortening is fat to bake with.
2006-08-14 05:50:58 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello. A skillet is simply a frying pan, and shortening is butter or margarine. :-) Happy Cooking!
2006-08-14 05:46:20 · answer #9 · answered by humble.earthling 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skillet is like a frying pan...It's just the pan that you cook everything in. Shortening is animal fat (I know, it sounds gross). You can buy it at your everyday grocery store.
2006-08-14 05:46:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋