[kenth]

cut in half a 55-gallon drum and melt lard in it over an open flame. Deep fry the goodies. Enjoy the hardening of the arteries.

Heh... Besides the lard, who knows what chemicals were in the drums before they cut it in half to fry catfish. Then again, we used to be able to eat raw cookie dough, lick the cake batter bowl, etc. before eggs were "dangerous". We just didn't worry about a lot of stuff back then.

[warchild9]

They always assured my mother that the drums were cleaned out real good, I'm certain. Perhaps the leftover chemicals added that special tang...mmmm...

[HungarianGypsy]

We just didn't worry about a lot of stuff back then.

As I have been reading this thread I wonder why people didn't have as many health issues back then? Shhh! I still eat raw batter. Hasn't killed me yet.