Crisco was a very big deal when I was a kid in Israel. We had ifffy electricity and iffy supply chain, even in the 1970s. Having a fat you could safely expose to poor storage was a huge deal.
But yes terrible for you. We’ve switched to olive oil (native) and real butter, and just went gladly back to being more careful.
That’s very interesting, thanks. I hadn’t really given it much thought. Did you have something like Vegemite to get your B-vitamins, too?