I cannot tell you how many times I have stood in the kitchen trying to level off the vegetable shorting in the measuring cup, only to have to try and scrape it out afterward.  Then, I would have to work even harder to wash the shortening that remained out of the measuring cup.  Imagine my shock and excitement when I listened to your podcast, and realized that the rest of the world has been holding out on m by not sharing the brilliance of the displacement method of measuring shortening.  They are jerks, and you may be my new hero as I approach the holiday baking season.  I was truly pleased to learn there is an easier way.  Thank you.