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From: knutsonk@stolaf.UUCP (Kari E. Knutson)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: How to measure shortening
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 21:44:48 EST
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> Karen Kolling writes:
> >> Basic Physics I learned at my Aunt Ethel's knee:  you want a half cup
> >> of shortening?  You fill a one-cup measuring cup half full of water and then 
> >> keep plopping in shortening and holding it under with just the tip of a spoon
> >> until the water level reaches one cup.  Drain.  Presto, one half cup of

With all due respect to the original poster: 
DON'T TRY THIS METHOD IF YOU ARE MAKING ANY KIND OF PASTRY.
The water makes the flour all sticky and the pastry just
does not turn out.
For other uses of shortening, though, this method is great!

Kari Knutson
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