I can't see why on earth they wouldn't have. Why waste such a nutrient dense food source? I know I heard once about indigenous women eating the placenta for post partum bleeding, which it certainly helps with, but I have no idea anymore where I read that.
I got this tall by not having enough crisco in my diet as a kid. This ad looks like it had plenty of shortening:
Contemplate spending the next 20 years puttering in permaculture projects
