This is like me cooking at home using minced garlic from a jar. When I was cooking professionally I cut up SO MUCH garlic, and even with gloves on my hands would end up smelling of garlic and in a couple days they would reek of stale garlic. During the off-season it would take several weeks for the stench to dissipate. May your hands never have vegetable shortening on them again, and may mine never again reek of garlic!
Man, I feel you, and usually agree. For this particular recipe shortening is just easier to work with because it retains a proper temperature for longer than butter. This is about the only recipe I use it with.
I have a large box of disposable gloves that lives on my kitchen windowsill for just such situations!
Meatloaf? gloves
Greasing a pan? gloves
Dealing with horrific leftovers in the fridge? gloves, then OH GOD MAGGOTS NO NO JOSH TAKE OVER. but still, gloves
7 thoughts on “#951 Baking Miracle”
Kaunisenkeli
This is like me cooking at home using minced garlic from a jar. When I was cooking professionally I cut up SO MUCH garlic, and even with gloves on my hands would end up smelling of garlic and in a couple days they would reek of stale garlic. During the off-season it would take several weeks for the stench to dissipate. May your hands never have vegetable shortening on them again, and may mine never again reek of garlic!
SurlyQueen
*High Fives*
Minced garlic in a jar is GRAND.
Beth A. Kaplan
I just can’t bare to use the stuff for baking. I stick with butter. I feel…safe with butter.
SurlyQueen
Man, I feel you, and usually agree. For this particular recipe shortening is just easier to work with because it retains a proper temperature for longer than butter. This is about the only recipe I use it with.
Charisma Boertje
It’s been around for at least 10 years. How long since you last baked?
SurlyQueen
Admittedly, I had found out about it long before I published this comic, but this was my true reaction.
Katerly
I have a large box of disposable gloves that lives on my kitchen windowsill for just such situations!
Meatloaf? gloves
Greasing a pan? gloves
Dealing with horrific leftovers in the fridge? gloves, then OH GOD MAGGOTS NO NO JOSH TAKE OVER. but still, gloves
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