Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!floyd From: floyd@brl-tgr.ARPA (Floyd C. Wofford ) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: We can change the world! Message-ID: <1813@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 08:53:09 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.1813 Posted: Tue Oct 1 08:53:09 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 02:23:00 EDT References: <279@weitek.UUCP> <24@calma.uucp> <461@ttrdc.UUCP> Reply-To: floyd@brl-tgr.ARPA (Floyd C. Wofford (MMW) ) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 28 In article <461@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes: >At least I have never met up with a potato chip fried in >lard--that would be TOO MUCH. >-- It is obvious that most of the anti lard types are not from the south or familiar with Amish or Mennonite style cooking. These use lard extensively (less prevalent in the more modern south). Lard is not cheaper, generally. Go buy a tin of Crisco then go to the dairy shelf for a pound of lard. There may be certain health advantages with using the vegetable products over the animal products but for people who are self sufficient, in the sense that they make the products they consume, you are apt to find shortening made from animal fats. Don't dare to visit the east, especially the counties just west of Philadelphia. These areas have a high concentration of the farming folk known as Menninites, Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch. The local potato chip makers create some of the most delicious potatoe chips, the best being fried in lard. The chips are crisper have much more snap and crunch and seem to keep fresher longer. This is probably a regional phenomenon since most of the major potatoe chip makers are the larger companies which must use the vegetable products for their cheaper price and mass appeal. The lard based chip is definitely a smaller demand product, but a very real product with a devoted following. floyd@brl.arpa Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com