I had that Tourtière once in Maine..delicious.. I was just thinking of poor Envangaline today...if you haven't read the poem since they made you in high school, read it again..it is very sad.

Anyway, read up on the health benefits of lard vs. Crisco. I am not up on Crisco but it at least used to be made of transfats..don't know how it would not be now but maybe they changed it. Anyway, lard would be much much healthier for most people rather than transfats..

Whether it is healthier than not eating lard at all would depend on one's ancestry...many groups co-evolved eating pig fat and I can't imagine how it would hurt them..Polish people, mid-Europeans etc. If it is not in your genetic heritage, then anyone's guess. We did not evolve to eat transfats and they are about the worst things possible for us as they are said to muck up the cell membranes..seriously bad..so go back to lard if that is your preference..otherwise, butter, olive oil, coconut oil (many health benefits and great for baking some things..)...anything but transfats and spread the word however you can...mg