RE: why is short bread "short"? / Re: OT -- Friday Recipe was: Or

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Very cool explanation, thanks millions!
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On 29 Mar 2001, at 14:22, Henry Poras scribbled with alacrity and cogency:

> ... pie crust can be made short or long. When making the crust, you
> mix the butter and flour, often using two knives to cut up the butter. The
> idea is to coat small pieces of butter with flour, not to mush it together.
> When baking the crust, there are little explosions of the butter kernals
> releasing water vapor which is held in by the flour. This is what gives you
> a flaky crust.

...

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