Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site stolaf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!stolaf!knutsonk From: knutsonk@stolaf.UUCP (Kari E. Knutson) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: How to measure shortening Message-ID: <4968@stolaf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 21:44:48 EST Article-I.D.: stolaf.4968 Posted: Wed Oct 30 21:44:48 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 06:38:19 EST References: <1017@decwrl.UUCP> <295@ukecc.UUCP> <414@gymble.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN Lines: 14 > 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 ...ihnp4!stolaf!knutsonk