WTF is shortening

Everything you ve ever wanted to know about vegetable shortening; its birth from a cotton byproduct, why people use it, why it s called shortening, and whether or not it s going to kill you. SOURCES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Record of Wallace McCaw s 1905 trademarks for shortening and soap: Short bio of Wallace McCaw and info on the McCawMassee house in Macon: