It's fat--only the veggie kind.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Mar 28, 2006 11:14:30 am PST #6812 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
lisah - Mar 28, 2006 11:14:34 am PST #6813 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Shortening isn't lard, necessarily. Like Crisco is shortening and it's solid vegetable oil.
ETA is ALWAYS solid veggie oil
Allyson - Mar 28, 2006 11:17:41 am PST #6814 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I think of shortening as lard, but I think that's wrong.
At Kat n' lori's wedding, I think Kat tossed the bouquet, but I can't remember because Too Much Champagne and Too Much Buttercream Frosting made me pass out in a drunken sugar coma for 12 hours.
We did have a Gay Wedding Tree decorated with pink flamingos, though. I think that's the best beginning of a tradition, ever.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2006 11:18:32 am PST #6815 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
As other people have said, shortening is not lard.
OK, this site [link] says it's anything that shortens your dough, but what people in the US mean when they say it is vegetable shortening.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2006 11:20:21 am PST #6816 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Lard:shortening::butter:margarine, though shortening is a lot better a substitute for lard than margarine is for butter.
Jars - Mar 28, 2006 11:20:38 am PST #6817 of 10001
I've always thought shortening and suet were the same thing. Is that very wrong? I know you can get vegetarian suet now, and it's increasingly difficult to get the original meat kind.
Allyson - Mar 28, 2006 11:23:13 am PST #6818 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh, cool, crisco makes shortening without the trans fat. I feel better about making the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, now.
DXMachina - Mar 28, 2006 11:24:34 am PST #6819 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
suet:beef::lard:pork
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2006 11:25:36 am PST #6820 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
suet:beef::lard:pork
So where does tallow fit in?
Jars - Mar 28, 2006 11:26:50 am PST #6821 of 10001
Ahhhh... all the fats are becoming clear now. Clear and delicious.