Pie fight!
Fels Naptha bars, or Fellsa Naptha as my grandmother used to call it. It was a heavy duty stain remover 40-50 years ago in the days before liquid stain removers.
I think I still see in grocery stores; though when I worked in a grocery store in the early 70’s it wasn’t a big seller.
Although I think it is now used in the production of home made soap.
I use it in soap making, and occasionally cooking, but I prefer bacon fat mostly for cooking applications.
But the jars, at least, are washable and re-usable.
I don’t buy lard or dripping, but I do collect the rendered fat from our home made burgers (cooked in a George Foreman grill). I also have the fat from a couple of hams in the freezer, to render down when I make stock with the bones.
I just use the lard/dripping on roast potatoes for a sunday roast, the way my mother did.
If the recipient of the jam returns the jar, at least.
A truly fascinating woman… one hell of a cook !
I buy lard. My wife uses it in some “paleo” recipes. If anything I think it would be more popular these days.
I find it odd when stores are selling Darkie…er, I mean Darlie brand toothpaste. It’s pretty common in Asian supermarkets around here.
I buy lard a few times a year to make carnitas, because the pork shoulders are just a bit too lean. Any leftovers I just use in cooking/baking the same way I’d use any other fat. I don’t do a lot of true baking these days because I’m trying to watch my carbs, but there’s nothing better for savory pastry or biscuits.
That’s it! “Paleo Butter”
…trademark pending
Yep I think the OP needs study up on Projection Bias where we tend to assume that most people think just like ourselves. (Wiki False Consensus Effect)
BTW Lard is a good substitute when I’m out of Crisco for making fried chicken. Mmmmm mmmm
I wish it were easier to find lard in the stores in my white-bread neighborhood. 
Just go back to calling it shortening, and you don’t need the ad campaign.
Oh, there’s your mistake: giving away the lovely goodness that you’ve made. 
Does that mean at the next high school reunion they’ll be calling me “Shortening Bucket” instead? Not much of an improvement, actually. 
Can you still get blocks of paraffin in the grocery store?
I’m guessing a lot of it depends on where you live. Lard, canning supplies, etc are still kept in stock at all the grocery stores around me. Mustache wax used to be a little harder to find, but I have noticed it on more shelves in the last few years, which I guess is because of the ‘hipster movement’.
In my area, we don’t have too many asians, so our local stores don’t carry a huge selection. I went to the store with a friend of mine while visiting his side of the state. They have a large asian population there and they had a huge selection of asian foodstuffs there.