On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:07:19 -0600, zxcvbob wrote:

> You can get the same great taste by using coconut oil. Some people
> say it's good for you, some people say it's terrible for you, so
> either way you win. HTH :-)

A lot of manufacturers use it not for taste, but for shelf-life.
And it's cheaper than lard (which also suffers from short life
span).

Coconut oil, while also solid at room temp, does not have the life
span in processed foods (with questionable packaging like those
cheese crackers I mention).

-sw