On May 9, 8:29*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:
> Bobo replied about shortening:
>
> >> * It's one of the best frying media for doughnuts -- and if you're frying
> >> up a batch of doughnuts, healthy food is probably not high on your list
> >> of priorities anyway.
>
> > That is dead wrong. *I'm really into hiking off trail in the forest.
> > During deer rifle season, I never go into the woods. *I guess that I could
> > tell others, "Don't worry about wearing those orange jackets. *I mean,
> > anybody who goes into the forest during rifle season must not mind getting
> > shot to begin with." *It's the same faulty logic. *Donuts made with Crisco
> > are *far* more unhealthy than those made with, say, peanut oil.
>
> No, it's not "dead wrong," because the doughnuts fried in shortening TASTE
> BETTER. That was the point. They're less healthy than doughnuts fried in
> oil, but there's no such thing as a "healthy" fried doughnut, regardless of
> what's being used to fry it.
>
> Bob

I think he's got you there, Bryan! ;-)

John Kuthe...