Junior-mid level Perl (Victoria Conlan)

[Dirk Koopman]

On 27/04/11 21:58, Sue Spence wrote:
> On 27 April 2011 19:54, Dirk Koopman<djk at tobit.co.uk>  wrote:
>> On 27/04/11 13:00, Sue Spence wrote:
>>>
>>> On 27 April 2011 12:49, Victoria Conlan<vicky at comps.org>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I still favour getting the hell out of IT and setting up a tea shop,
>>>>>> though.
>>>>>> (tea and cakes at my place when I do so!)
>>>>>
>>>>> Victoria(n) sponge cakes?
>>>>
>>>> But of course!  I also do a pretty nifty chocolate fudge cake, and a
>>>> hugely
>>>> calorific sachertorte, plus very nice vegan shortbread.
>>>>
>>>> I am going to get soooo fat.  :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Vegan shortbread?  WTH.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The short(ening) agent in Short Bread = fat.
>>
>
>
> Specifically, it must be butter.  No butter, no shortbread.
>

Actually LARD works even better (as shortening), but then a) it would 
not taste the same and b) is arguably even less vegan.

So what is Vegan shortbread then?

Dirk