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My maternal grandmother did that too. Unfortunately my mother bought into the margarine blasphemy of the 50s and 60s and never cooked with lard or even butter.
When in doubt, swoop in with a few idiotic replies. It often cheers yourself up. Ok..it might piss a few off. Collateral damage. I'm totally down for counterattacks. Fair is fair.
This brings back memories of the days of fighting the cassette player and how often I'd lose 10 seconds here, 30 seconds there, scotch taping the cassette tape back together after the Walkman got hungry and tried to eat it. Sometimes, you'd lose the most emotional part of a song.