the food timeline shortening cooking oils

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • What is shortening in cooking?
  • What Is Shortening? By definition, shortening is any type of fat that is solid at room temperature; lard, hydrogenated solidified oils, margarine, and even butter can be used as shortening. However, in the modern kitchen, the word "shortening" mainly refers to hydrogenated oils, such as vegetable shortening.
  • What is shortening made of?
  • What is shortening? Shortening technically refers to any type of fat, derived from animal fat or vegetable oil, that is solid at room temperature, including butter, margarine, lard, and hydrogenated vegetable oils. Today, most of what people refer to as “shortenings” are made from vegetable oils like palm oil, soybean, or cottonseed.
  • When did vegetable oils become popular?
  • The use of vegetable oils from plants and fat from animals for cooking soon spread to the rest of Europe and Asia. Despite this long history of use, the vegetable oils now most commonly employed for cooking did not gain widespread use until the first half of the twentieth century.
  • What is Crisco shortening made of?
  • Introduced in June 1911 by Procter & Gamble, it was the first shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil, originally cottonseed oil. Additional products marketed under the Crisco brand include a cooking spray, various olive oils, and other cooking oils, including canola, corn, peanut, sunflower, and blended oils .