like Crisco. Shortening was originally lard, until a French chemist invented the process to create margarine in the mid 19th ...

By the official definition, both Crisco and butter (along with margarine and lard) are types of shortening. Crisco can even ...

Well, actually, most grandmas used lard, though, we’ve adapted the recipes from traditional animal fat to vegetable-based shortening over the years, but, we digress. Typically, when you think of ...

Although most pie crusts use butter or the dread Crisco as shortening, some, like the old-fashioned apple, employ a touch of snowy lard for flavor and texture. Little Pie Company's bakers—clad ...