your right too edd, perhaps soybean and cottonseed oils,partially
hydrogenated would have been
a better way to phrase it.
 
----------
> From: Edd Chamberlin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Crisco and menthol
> Date: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 12:54 AM
>
> WRONG! Crisco is 100% vegetable shortening; Lard is animal fat.
>
> Do not use lard.
>
>
> On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 17:16:52 -0500 Walt Barricklow
> <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >Crisco is a brand name for lard.  It is cooking grease, in a can or
> >tin. It
> >act to hold things together, at least until it gets warm, then it
> >becomes
> >soft, or even will become liquid.
> >
> >
> >----------
> >> From: Bee1Bob1 <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Crisco and menthol
> >> Date: Sunday, November 02, 1997 2:05 PM
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I`m a UK beekeeper and I have just discovered Varroa in my hives!
> >>
> >> I don`t like using hard chemicals and so the use of natural oils
> >like
> >menthol
> >> to control mites sounds interesting but what is Crisco and what role
> >does
> >it
> >> have in the process? Just a solvent? - are there any others?
> >>
> >> Yours
> >>           Bob
> >