On Dec 14, 10:09*am, "Jean B." > wrote:
> John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Dec 13, 8:24 pm, "Kent" > wrote:
> >> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
>
> ....> Do you reach for butter or something else? *What determines your
> >>> choice?
> >>> I believe butter affords a crispier cookie - yes?
> >> Crisco
>
> >> Kent
>
> > I believe this is true. I've always used butter in my cookies, but I
> > think Crisco makes a crisper cookie.
>
> > Personally I prefer better tasting over crispier anyday!

Plus, Crisco is extremely unhealthy, and it kills stupid people, but
almost always after they're past breeding age, so it does nothing to
help the gene pool.
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> Some of the old cookie recipes call for lard. *I'd have to think
> about which cookies I might possibly want that slight flavor in.
> (I do like it in Chinese egg tart crusts.) *Otherwise, I use
> butter. *I confess that I used some shortening when I was a mere
> child, but I haven't done so for decades.

Back then almost no one knew any better.
>
> --
> Jean B.

--Bryan