Clarified butter (ghee) and rendered animal fat (chicken and pork esp.) are wonderful for cooking They don't become altered into harmful transfats when heated, and have a high smoking point, which makes them suitable for quick, higher-heat cooking, such as a stir-fry.

Accordiing to fitday (ie, the USDA), chicken fat is 45% monounsaturate, 30% saturate, and 21% polyunsaturate. Pork fat (pure lard) is 45% monounsaturate, 39% saturate and only 11% poly. For reference, canola oil is 30% polys.

Doreen