Reddit mentions of Crisco Shortening All Vegetable - 12 Pack

ALERT ALERT: bad math...

There are 256 tbsp in 1 gallon. One tablespoon of Canola oil is ~124 calories. You were off by a factor of ten. So it would actually take 27 gallons of canola oil. However, in an eight month span that is only 3.3 gallons per month or under a gallon per week. So the Canola oil would have been ball park $400 dollars. It is some of the most calorie dense stuff you can buy save lard. It is safe to assume he ate convenience foods that were slightly healthier and more expensive.

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Lets see how much Crisco you need!

Ok so 1tbsp of Crisco is 12g and you can buy 39.2 lbs of Crisco for: http://www.amazon.com/Crisco-CRISCO-SHORTENING/dp/B0029JW814/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1260420857&sr=1-3 68.15 at the moment. Lets just assume that is 35 lbs of product (packaging, etc.).

That gives us (453.59237 35) so 15875 grams of Crisco. That comes out to 15875 / 12 110 for 145,000 calories for about 70 bucks. That works out to $0.000482 / calorie. The Canola oil was ballpark $0.0004571 / calorie. (Check .0004571*875000) = ~399.96. So the Canola wins. Who can find a more a better $$ / calorie ratio? Reddit DO NOT DISAPPOINT ME :)



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