Pandora wrote:
> "Andy" <q> ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
>> Pandora said...
>>
>>> "Andy" <q> ha scritto nel messaggio
>>> ...
>>>> Pandora said...
>>>>
>>>>> I have a question: what is the "Solid shortening"?
>>>>
>>>> Pandora,
>>>>
>>>> It's similar to a "Crisco" brand vegetable shortening. It's not really
>>>> solid,
>>>> just not liquid like bottled oils.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>> Do you mean something like Margarine?
>>
>> Pandora,
>>
>> Visit:
>>
>> http://www.crisco.com/about/prod_inf...ID=17&catId=63
>>
>> for a better explanation.
>>
>> Andy
>
> Ohhhhhh! I would like to know the ingredients, because it seems to me too
> wonderful to be true.
>


It _is_ too wonderful to be true, Pandora. This is the "trans-fat" that
we are hearing is so bad for our health. The ingredient is soybean oil*
that has been injected with hydrogen at high temperature and pressure.
When it cools, it solidifies.

Dick

* Crisco used to be soybean oil. I have not looked at the label lately.
They may be using a different vegetable oil these days, or perhaps a blend.