What Is Solid Vegetable Shortening?

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Tip 1 - What exactly is "vegetable shortening"?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Andros Karayiannis | permalink

I have not heard about this stuff before.. It is not used in Indian cooking..! What exactly is shortening? I read it in a recipe to bake a rose shaped cake and it uses shortening to grease the pan..

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Tip 2 - What Is Vegetable Shortening? | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alex Kwok | permalink

Hydrogenation is the process that transforms pure vegetable oil into vegetable shortening using the liquid fats extracted from products such as soybeans or palm kernels. The process rearranges the molecules to produce a fat that remains solid at room temperature, such as vegetable shortening, a white flavorless substance. While shortening can be...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5489679_vegetable-shortening.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Conscientious Cook: Alternatives to Vegetable Shortening

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Madhavi Sardeshpande | permalink

Growing up, we always had a big can of Crisco sitting on the pantry shelf. It got used for everything from greasing pans to making the flakiest pie crust ever. Now that trans fats are drawing some justifiable heat from health experts, we're not so keen on using vegetable shortening anymore. But what's our alternative?

For further reading: http://www.thekitchn.com/conscientious-cook-alternative-97207 ^[3]