vegetable oil shortening

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• Shortening — is a semisolid fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods, and is so called because it promotes a short or crumbly texture (as in shortbread). The term shortening can be used more broadly to apply to any fat that is used for baking and… …   Wikipedia

• Vegetable fats and oils — Vegetable oil redirects here. For other uses, see Vegetable oil (disambiguation). Plant oils Olive oil Types Vegetable fats (list) …   Wikipedia

• oil — n 1. lubricant, lubricator, Inf. lube, Pharm. oleum, petrolatum, petroleum jelly, Trademark. Vaseline, baby oil; Chem. glycerol, Chem. glycerin; graphite, plumago, black lead; mineral oil, vegetable oil, olive oil, corn oil, cod liver oil; grease …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• shortening — noun Fat such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil used to make shortcrust pastry …   Wiktionary

• shortening — short|en|ing [ˈʃo:tnıŋ US ˈʃo:rt ] n [U] fat made from vegetable oil that you mix with flour when making ↑pastry …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shortening — noun (U) fat made from vegetable oil that you mix with flour when making pastry (1) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Cooking oil — Plant oils Olive oil Types Vegetable fats (list) Macerated (list) Uses …   Wikipedia

• shortening — /shawrt ning, shawr tn ing/, n. 1. butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short. 2. Phonet. the act, process, or an instance of making or becoming short. 3. Ling. a. the act or process of dropping one or more syllables from …   Universalium

• oil plant — ▪ botany       any of the numerous plants, either under cultivation or growing wild, used as sources of oil. Oil plants include trees such as palm, herbaceous plants such as flax, and even fungi (Fusarium).       Vegetable oils are used… …   Universalium

• fat and oil processing — ▪ chemistry Introduction       method by which animal and plant substances are prepared for eating by humans.       The oil and fat products used for edible purposes can be divided into two distinct classes: liquid oils, such as olive oil, peanut …   Universalium

• List of vegetable oils — Plant oils Olive oil Types Vegetable fats (list) Macerated (list) Uses …   Wikipedia