actually faldage, "crisco" (a liquid vegetable oil that has been "hydolized")is full of 'trans fats" and we now know that transfats-- Increase the bad cholesterol, and decrease the the good! Lard is actually a healthier fat than than crisco.(it just increases the bad (the LDL's)(and has no effect what so ever, on HDL's)

likewise butter is healthier than oleo's (margarines) that contain transfats, for the same reasons.

Lard (or butter) are not the healthiest of foods to eat, but they actually are better for you than liquid oils that have been 'treated' to make them into 'solid' shortenings.

(shades of woody allan --any day now, red meat will be found to be healthier than low fat chicken!)

my other obsession