2007-03-22 01:02:37 · 15 answers · asked by RACHEL H 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
shortening in a wax texure that adds mostness and is also a very good use when your baken because it make a great flavorless nonstick substence to put on a pan if your backen cake cookies and thing like that
2007-03-22 01:14:15 · answer #1 · answered by Crystal Dead! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shortening is a semi solid fat (such as Crisco) often made by the partially hydrogenation of vegetable oil. The term is more common in the USA than Britain
2007-03-22 01:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by alan P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shortening is the American term for fat in a recipe, Whatever you normally use. eg , half margarine/half lard. Cooking fat, Butter or whatever.
2007-03-22 03:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by piccalilli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shortening is solidified vegetable oil (i.e. Crisco).
2007-03-22 05:15:13 · answer #4 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crisco
2007-03-22 01:06:02 · answer #5 · answered by Tom ツ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crisco is the brand name for shortening!! ;-)
2007-03-22 03:32:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trex in Britain
2007-03-22 01:20:39 · answer #7 · answered by merciasounds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cause of Britain's 'obesity crisis' apparently - bring on the pastries!
2007-03-25 07:29:01 · answer #8 · answered by bubblybassoonist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it adds moisture to the food and i find more flavour, you use fat or lard for shortening ( e.g. in shortbread, biscuits and crumble)
2007-03-25 00:22:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a type of fat/lard. It can either be animal or vegetable.
Its what they use in McDonalds to fry their food. They use vegetable.
2007-03-22 01:07:39 · answer #10 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋