The Real Reason Why People Stopped Buying Crisco

There was a time when a can of Crisco could be found in pretty much every kitchen in America, but the shortening has taken quite a hit in recent years. The product was first created as an alternative to lard, which had a bad reputation in the early 20th century, but Crisco eventually developed a bad reputation of its own, due in part to the large amount of trans fats. What exactly is in this cooking product, and does it have a chance of becoming popular again? Let’s take a look at the real reason why people stopped buying Crisco.

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[RupertFoulmouth]

I prefer to use Lard, butter and bacon fat. Hell, something is gonna kill me, might as well be flavor.

[briandelmore]

once the crisco can was empty you could always use it to store your bacon grease.

[m.mickeypayne]

My grandma always cooked with butter. Even when we were poor, we had butter. That's why she lived to be 101.

[barbaramarrs]

There was an experiment. Three bird seed cakes were made. The same bird seed was used in all three cakes. They were place about 6 feet apart. One cake was made with lard, one with butter and one with margarine . The birds did not go anywhere near the margarine cake.

[captainamericaamerica]

Crisco' is still a, BIG SELLER. VERY BIG

[NewHampshireJack]

Crisco has two legitimate uses, in my opinion:
1. Use crisco when seasoning a new cast iron pan or dutch oven. Also for reconditioning an old pan you are restoring to service.
2. Crisco makes a great emergency candle if you have nothing else for light. Stick in a piece of candle wick, a string or other improvised wick and light her up. It will burn for weeks.

[Rel]

I have always prefered lard/tallow to cook with. As a child my mum had a lard tin and we would have toast spread with yum. Now I do my own rendering with fats direct from a pasture raised farm and use that for all cooking. My son was big on veggie oil until he changed his whole diet, he now uses lard/tallow or ghee for cooking along with a lot of other changes (he lost 35kg in a yr).

[swcomment]

I have Crisco in my long-term storage. In addition to using it for cooking you can also use it as a candle. One can of Crisco will supply light for over 2 months.

[Terri_MacKay]

I'm in my 50's, and my mother always had a can of Crisco on hand. I can still remember helping her bake, and measuring out a huge scoop of Crisco.
As an adult, I've never bought or used it.

[karenmurphy]

I still use Crisco while frying my chicken in my cast iron skillet.

[Phantomwarrior]

i never cooked with crisco but it worked great to season cast iron and carbon steel. the coating was much more durable than vegetable oil.

[willieg]

My mother would put some on our face when it would snow or was freezing cold outside. 🌨❄

[denisecarter]

The can of crisco makes a great emergency candle burns for hours.

[vicc]

When you check the numbers, the problems with heart disease back when people mostly used lard was a LOT smaller, and quickly peaked the decade vegetable oils became popular, and the numbers never went down from there...
me and my family we only use lard: NOT a single heart problem even amongst the elderly.

[shdwbnndbyyt]

My brother was allergic to cottonseed oil, which like rapeseed oil (Canola) contains poisonous compounds. When my uncle had gall bladder issues, he had no issues with lard or tallow unless he ate too much, But if he ate ANYTHING which contained Crisco or other shortening, he was on the floor in uteer pain for hours thereafter.

[carlavision]

My mom used Crisco back in the good old days!

[tresboujay]

I remember those Loretta Lynn commercials! 😂

[ghost-ezzn]

Men should never use Crisco as lube. Why?
Its SHORTENING.
😬
(i'll show myself out.)

[GibbonInAmerica]

Lard is a superior fat to use for a lot of cooking and baking. It took me 49 years to learn this. I was in China at a bakery that made famously good almond cookies. Pork lard was a major ingredient and it was awesome. Since then, I've used lard and bacon grease whenever I could it. Of course, I eat meats less, for health reasons. But, when I need to make something really good, I break out the lard.

[jackdeath]

You forgot to mention that Murray Raney, who invented a Nickle-aluminum alloy used as a catalyst in the production of Crisco, warned that hydronated oil not be used in the food industry. His intent was that hydronated oil be a substitute for industrial grease sticks in industry. He always believed from the beginning that artificial lard made from his process would be unhealthy.