On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 12:39:41 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 5:18:49 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
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> > I have heard of this. It seems like a good idea. I don't like the idea of using butter instead of shortening for biscuits or shortcrust so I probably won't be trying it - maybe I should try it with frozen shortening. 
>
> Why? The taste of butter is delicious. The flavor of partially hydrogenated
> vegetable shortening isn't.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
Butter does taste better than shortening but I like the texture of biscuits or shortcrust made with shortening. Butter makes it too delicate for me.