Posted on 08/26/2007 1:56:08 PM PDT by SamAdams76
Get off I-20 at Hearne Ave, you can't miss it. If your traveling west take right or left going east
Sorry haven’t had it in years.
I just had fond memories because my grgrand parents had a hog farm and had fresh lard!
I must say not offen for the farm was in NY and I lived in Michigan and my grand mother had slabs of it certain times of year and made great pies!
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Lard: The New Health Food?
Startled by news about the dangers of trans fats, writer Pete Wells happily contemplates the return of good old-fashioned lard.
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/lard-the-new-health-food
organic lard
http://www.google.com/search?q=organic+lard&revid=1246322260&sa=X&oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=broad-revision&cd=3
Going back to lard for old-time pies
http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2006/07/19/going_back_to_lard_for_old_time_pies?mode=PF
Thanks ;-)
Where did I say lard and getting fat was a good thing? Trans fats were put into foods as a preservative and they clog arteries no matter how much you watch your weight and exercise.
I want to know what I’m eating so I can make reasonable choices. If Jason’s Deli is trans-fat free, they get my money. If Taco Bueno refuses to make the change, they lost a customer.
Will you be so kind as to volunteer to do my eulogy when my ticket is punched...LOL
Sam, HFCS is made up of glucose and fructose just like sucrose (sugar). Your body cannot tell the difference between glucose and fructose from sucrose or glucose and fructose from HFCS....nor does it care.
Adding hydrogen (a natural occurring element) to vegetable oil in no way creates something your body cannot identify or metabolize. Trans fats are cleared by the liver. Your liver learns to break down complex compounds created by pharmaceutical companies that it has never seen before. To say that trans fats and HFCS are unknown to the body and that the body cannot clear them is absurd.
We are better off with the foods that our species have had for the past several thousand years.
About 80% of the foods we eat today have been genetically modified in some way since the beginning of time. Are you saying we shouldn't be allowed to consume any of them because they're not structured the same as they were thousands of years ago?
Since I cut those two things (HFCS and trans-fats) out of my diet, I have lost over 100 pounds and kept most of it off for the past four years. As well, the obesity epidemic roughly correlates to the introduction of those man-made substances.
I once saw a study that directly correlated the price of peanuts in the U.S. with the amount of rainfall in Fiji. There are all kinds of silly correlations out there and one guy even wrote a book listing them all. The reason you've lost weight is simply because you're burning more calories than you consume. You're trying to complicate an issue that isn't all that difficult to understand. It has nothing to do with HFCS or trans fats. That's all in your head and cannot be supported by science. Of course, that's never stopped people from blaming everything but the real source of the problem.
Trans fats are used for many more reasons than just extending the life of a product. They also add flavor and texture. Good luck getting a flaky crust from butter. Saturated fat can clog your arteries too. Less than 2% of the average American's diet is made up of trans fat while we get 12-15% of our calories from saturated fats. If you're consistent, you'll be advocating for the banning of saturated fat too.
The fact is that for the vast majority of people who suffer from high cholesterol, diet will do little to control their problem. Even if they cut out fats and cholesterol they have a gene that tells their liver to make up the difference. Only with drugs can this be controlled.
I want to know what I’m eating so I can make reasonable choices.
That's a reasonable request. Unfortunately, most people who demand this information don't have the foggiest notion of what it means.
If Jason’s Deli is trans-fat free, they get my money. If Taco Bueno refuses to make the change, they lost a customer.
Watch our for those natural trans-fats that occur in meats and dairy. Any restaurant saying they are trans-fat free will probably get sued in the future. Anyway, eliminating those trans fats while eating saturated fat won't do you much good. But I guess feeling that you're doing something beneficial for your health counts for something....even if you aren't.
Bump. Dunkin Donuts opened here a year or two ago, had an excellent location but still folded in 6 months.
Folks here will drive to Tallahassee to get KK hot out of the grease.
We we so skinny mom used to send Ethiopeans pictures of us so they wouldn't fell so bad.
We ate fried foods (chicken or fish), oranges, apples, carrots, biscuits, corn and vegetables, cornbread, cakes, pies and at least 2 huge glasses of milk every day. Not to mention all the syrupy sweet tea we could swallow.
Hitting 40 we all start eating 'healthy' - and the pounds pile on.
I was born and raised in Connecticut. Moved after enlisting in the Army in 1978. Now live in Central Coastal California. Why do you ask?? Sorry about the delay responding to you. Been out of town on business.
Outside the northeast rust belt, being antiunion is a given. Naming oneself as such appears to be a redundancy for anyone not from there. Additionally, I don’t see Krispy Kreme closing up shops or going under. Again, that sounds like something a denizen of the northeast would say, Krispy Kreme being a southern thing and all.
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