>Shortening and margarine are not good for you either. You're better off >to use cooking oils (canola, soy, safflower, etc.), preferably >cold-pressed. Be careful about cold-pressed oils if you have other allergies. They can contain traces of the proteins from the source, whereas the normal (heat extarcted?) oils have been shown not to. With a soy allergy, I can have "regular" soybean oil (and soya lecithin) but not cold-pressed soy oil. See the Food Allergy Network for more information on this. --Robyn