Hominy and Crisco!

I bought the hominy (which I had never seen before anywhere in the
world) and am keeping the Crisco in mind for a different day. It cost 4
Euros for a tub. The tub felt hard - how hard is Crisco? I am asking
because I also saw solid deep frying fat in my regular supermarket. it
is at least 8 times cheaper, but so solid I wonder whether it could be
used at room temperature at all. The frying fat was made of palm oil, in
part. And iirc, soybean oil, some hydrogenation had been done it. IT
sounded marginally healthier than Crisco, but I am not sure.