Lard is not your enemy.

[sarea]

Lard, in fact, is your friend. Sort of.

LARD.

Just the word alone is enough to make people cringe away and shudder with horror. Its connotations are all negative. It might be one of the few foods that I actually feared growing up, as if even being in its presence would clog my arteries and cause a heart attack right on the spot.

But like so many foods that have gotten a bad rap -- egg yolk comes to mind -- it turns out that tales of its detriments to people's health were largely exaggerated. Unlike other foods, including egg yolk, however, lard has never recovered from the stigma of being labeled unhealthy. To this day, even though we know more than ever about the food we consume, lard is still widely thought of as the worst thing people who care about their health could possibly eat.

It's not true. Well, it's a little more complicated than that.

Continued at my food journal, if you're curious about what nice things I could possibly have to say about lard (and don't already know yourself). Click on the fake lj-cut link below to the no doubt long-awaited and eagerly anticipated (lolz) 'dissertation' on one of the world's most unpopular fats -- includes steps on how to render your own luscious white stuff.

( Lard: The Misunderstood Fat )

Comments

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Thanks dude! Obviously I just need to keep finding stuff that I feel as passionate for as I do lard. >.>

And -- I know, right? We totally do ruin it for ourselves and that is why we will destroy ourselves in the end.

I didn't actually hear that re: trans fats in CA, this is why I love that state. There are other processed oils that have trans fats also, and yes they are all shelf stable which is why the general market likes them. It's of course more expensive to have fresh, real stuff on hand.

I'm like, McDonald's, bring back your lard fries! Don't give me any more of your trans fat vegetable oil fries!

And for realz re: high fructose corn syrup -- my GOD at what all it's in. It's in, like, everything. We consume massive amounts of corn and we don't even realize it because of that.