Elvis pot roast?

The Elvis cookbook calls for you to fry it in shortening. Anyone ever done this? I believe shortening was used a lot in the old days. Bet it was better.

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NativeOregonian · 51-55

That is the method used to brown and sear the surfaces before putting into the oven to help keep the juices inside, according to old theory. Alton Brown debunked it in one of his Good Eats episodes, and I think Mythbusters did too.