Crisco Emergency Candle

Lifehacker shares how to make the simplest DIY candle you can think of, which is also perfect in emergency situations. Simply put a piece of string in a tub of shortening, and it will burn for up to 45 days! So simple and so useful. Check it out at Lifehacker.

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6 Comments so far

Teresa Novak on May 3, 2012 4:50 pm
That makes sense since Crisco was originally used for making candles and isn’t really food.
Elena T on May 4, 2012 6:59 am
Wrong link – does not lead to Lifehacker blog.
Here is correct link:
http://lifehacker.com/5827780/make-an-emergency-candle-out-of-a-tub-of-crisco
carmen on May 4, 2012 9:59 am
Is this link correct?
Chris on May 4, 2012 10:15 am
I think the link might be incorrect.
Lisa Dean Johnson on May 6, 2012 5:26 am
I’d love to see this, but as stated above, the link is not good.
heidigustad on May 6, 2012 5:34 am
The link was kindly shared by Elena above and was corrected in the post. Thanks for reading!