you post “When I lived in Denmark I could not believe that folks actually ate lard sandwiches.
That said, I did not see many fat Danes.”
(Despot’s Creed - throughout history. “He who controls the food, controls the people.” Remember and beware.
I won’t buy pork chops without the bone AND fat. I order my roast beef ahead with instructions NOT to trim the fat off.
I render my own lard for cooking, from organic lard.
I make ghee from organic butter (it takes out the milk solids and renders it healthier - not to mention keeps from going rancid much longer. (It’s also a great way to store butter. Put in canning jars - it can last for months.)
The fat-free craze that started a couple decades ago has proven to be unhealthy. We need fat in our diet. It’s just in knowing WHICH fats.
For cooking, I use grape seed oil, lard and coconut oils - and ghee. They all have a higher burn point than olive oil, do not overpower taste and do not go rancid as fast as olive oil. They also aren’t as likely to be “GMO’d” as is corn oil, soybean oil, canola (rape seed) oil, etc.
And, yes, lard is healthy for you. (if you use organic, fat back, and not use the store-bought HYDROGENATED lard. It’s the hydrogenation process that turns into TRANS fat.)
Do we need fat?
http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/nutritional/fats.php
A couple links on lard.
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/lard-the-new-health-food
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/03/real-food-iv-lard.html
WARNING: (just how outrageous will it get?
Just when the need for fats and the dangers of the “fat free” diets are being realized, we have the ‘fat police’ - like Lard-a*S Madam O in the WH - determined to dictate what we shall and shall not be able to eat. (And, BTW, can someone tell me what her training is in there matters?).
I suspicion that if someone were to able to dig out what her true motivations are, they might lead to some playing footsie with the big boys - like Monsanto and other chemical outfits that are hell bent on controlling food production/consumption and precious little to do with healthy foods. The Organic, farm raised meat, milk, eggs and vegetables are gaining a real niche in the market. These big boys, with the help of their henchmen in the gov’t, are doing all they can to shut them down. (Ex: Swat teams raiding dairy farms and dumping raw milk, fining and threatening the farm. But that’s just the beginning.
How about this judge’s recent ruling? “”no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or a dairy herd;
“no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow;”
And in a kind of exclamation point, he added this to his list of no-nos: “no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice...”
a link to that -
http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2011/9/15/wi-judge-to-zinniker-ftcldf-no-fundamental-right-to-own-a-co.html
Remember the Despot’s Creed.
Just last week I bought a couple of pounds of lard from my natural meat connection. And I was wondering what was the best way to use it, so your info is timely and helpful!