Have you got a tip for an easy way to cut two pounds of crisco into five pounds of flour ? 
Well, all I can tell you is I used an old potato masher in one hand and a pastry cutter in the other......seemed to get the job done
It works pretty well, actually 
Well, that wouldn't work for me, this is totally unrelated but you know how that works, you gots to tell your story when it's there or you loose it.
Potato mashers are one of those kitchen tools that are personal, if you get one that works good for you it becomes precious and extremly valuable, I had such a masher for about 40 years, it was heavy duty, had wood scales like a fine knife, and the design of it's business end was fantastic.
About seven years ago we did our kitchen over, new appliances, new cabinets, fresh paint on the walls, and a new awning window put in over the sink, everything was perfect, except that when we unpacked our boxes of kitchen stuff (had to pack it in boxes to take down the old cabinets) we never found our cherished potato masher.

I bought a few since then, used them once or twice then threw them out, it seems all they're making these days is for looks and not for actually working, I still have hopes that it's hiding somewhere in the storage room waiting to be found, until then I continue to use my old fathful pastry cutter to do double duty.
Actually it does a pretty good job of mashing, but it could use a bit longer handle.
