In West Africa, shea butter is used primarily for cooking (and a variety of other uses, but mainly cooking). It comes from the hard nuts of the shea tree, which are cracked, crushed, roasted, ground, and separated to make a Crisco-like product. A recent study of charred nutshells from house sites in shows that shea has been harvested and processed since about 100 CE, a millennium earlier than was once thought. The trees were apparently protected and maintained as surrounding land was farmed; even that early, humans knew its extra calories will help during leaner time. And anything fatty just makes food taste better, too.
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