You can put it all over your body and it will prevent hypothermia. You can use it to cook wild animals as well.
use butter flavored Crisco
Yes, you can melt shortening and use in a cake recipe. It will change the texture and possibly add heaviness to the cake, but it will still be good.
The brand doesn't matter but it has to be lard or shortening....
I would not use it, it is probably rancid.
shortening adds lipids or fats to tenderize the flour.
You can safely substitute liquid oil for solid shortening in baking ONLY if the recipe calls for the shortening to be melted first. You can substitute butter or margarine for shortening ( 1 cup + 2 Tbsp for each cup of shortening). You can also substitute 1/2 cup applesauce or prune puree for each cup of shortening.
No, use the same amount.
4 oz
Usually it doesn't really matter what type of solid shortening you use. Flavor may be a consideration, but it should perform alright. In some recipes it needs to be one or the other.
yes. for that matter you can get sick using fresh shortening. use butter.
Any solid shortening will work. The finished product will vary a little bit in flavor, but should be acceptable. For tea biscuits, I would use butter or margarine for flavor. Crisco or other vegetable shortening will work but I would stay away from animal fats.
But yes, in fact if you substitute shortening for butter in the tollhouse cookie recipe they will come out big and stay soft.