Brace yourselves, here comes a tangent. So I made good on my self-promise to make at least one of those tasty recipes: the Macrina biscuits. Oy, they turned out GREAT! The only problem is that the recipe calls for vegetable shortening (AKA Crisco), which of course contains trans fats. Oops, first I typed "trance fats" which I think is the term used to describe fats that are so good you black out for a second. Fats like Plugra butter and Saint Andre cheese. So I'm partially powered by trans fats this morning, and I tell you, I feel GREAT! Anyway, I thought I had heard of a trans fat-free Crisco, so I looked it up on the Intarweb. Sure enough, there's Crisco Zero. (Not like Coke Zero). Pennies from heaven, right? Well, it turns out that Crisco Zero is made from fully hydrogenated (i.e., saturated) vegetable oil. So I'm not sure this is any better, health-wise, than butter. And according to this thread on Slashfood, it doesn't really work as well as good old-fashioned tranny Crisco. Which makes me nostalgic for NYPD Blue, because that's where I first learned the word "tranny". And not in an automotive sense. Oh, I miss Sipowicz. And then I'm reminded of my favorite quote from the Simpsons, and surprisingly it comes up quite often in my daily life: Marge: Homer, I don't think you should wear a short-sleeved shirt with a tie. Homer: But Sipowicz does it. Oh, yes he does.