Perfection Salad explains a lot about the attitudes of my parents and grandparents about food and how it seems so contrary to more modern "knowledge" about nutr

Perfection Salad explains a lot about the attitudes of my parents and grandparents about food and how it seems so contrary to more modern "knowledge" about nutrition. How Crisco ever came into existence and was once popularly used finally makes sense to me. Also the actual Perfection Salad, basically a salad encased in a jello mold, looks pretty disgusting.