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Saturated Fats, Cholesterol Lard and Vitamin D
Radagast:
well in the eastern part of Balkans they use a lot of lard, they too make most delicious cookies using lard, similarly I was pretty much disgusted with the idea when it was first offered and took it just so as not to offend the host but as soon as I tasted it I couldnt stop eating.
They also use it in all kinds of breads and puff pastry and as Laura noticed it does give some special quality to pastry.
Apart from this there is a very popular savory delicacy which is basically nothing but little pieces of pork fat which are somehow made crunchy and are usually eaten as nibbles when consuming alcohol . Again at first I was grossed out but then I fell for the taste.
The idea of eating pork fat does make sense for people from colder climate but it doesn't at all in the warmer climate.
In fact the island where I currently live was under British occupation for several hundred years and obviously this influenced local eating habits. Instead of eating a lot of fish and light meat such as rabbit and goat all of the sudden the pork became staple meat source along with bacon and eggs for breakfast,sausages, baked beans etc.
After a century of this completely inappropriate diet in relation to climate the result is one of the highest rate of metabolic disorders in the EU such as diabetes, also highest rate of obesity. Before Brits showed up these diseases were unheard of locally.
PepperFritz:
--- Quote from: Corto Maltese on July 03, 2009, 09:22:16 PM ---there is a very popular savory delicacy which is basically nothing but little pieces of pork fat which are somehow made crunchy and are usually eaten as nibbles when consuming alcohol . Again at first I was grossed out but then I fell for the taste.
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In the southern U.S. they have something called "Fatback". The fat from the back of a pig is cured and smoked like bacon, then cut into strips like bacon, and baked or fried until crispy.
FireShadow:
--- Quote from: PepperFritz on July 03, 2009, 09:32:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: Corto Maltese on July 03, 2009, 09:22:16 PM ---there is a very popular savory delicacy which is basically nothing but little pieces of pork fat which are somehow made crunchy and are usually eaten as nibbles when consuming alcohol . Again at first I was grossed out but then I fell for the taste.
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In the southern U.S. they have something called "Fatback". The fat from the back of a pig is cured and smoked like bacon, then cut into strips like bacon, and baked or fried until crispy.
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We call them "cracklings" and we don't smoke them. We fry them until most of the fat has been rendered (for use as lard) and then put the remaining pieces in the oven to bake until they were crunchy.
Edit: Edited typos and forgot this - Cracklings include the skin and are also called "pork rinds".
Radagast:
--- Quote from: FireShadow on July 03, 2009, 09:52:45 PM ---
We call them "cracklings" and we don't smoke them. We fry them until much of the fat had been rendered (for use as lard) and then put the remaining pieces in the oven to bake until they were crunchy.
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I think that's it, even their balkan name corresponds to "cracklings" :)
Bobo08:
--- Quote from: Corto Maltese on July 03, 2009, 09:22:16 PM ---The idea of eating pork fat does make sense for people from colder climate but it doesn't at all in the warmer climate.
In fact the island where I currently live was under British occupation for several hundred years and obviously this influenced local eating habits. Instead of eating a lot of fish and light meat such as rabbit and goat all of the sudden the pork became staple meat source along with bacon and eggs for breakfast,sausages, baked beans etc.
After a century of this completely inappropriate diet in relation to climate the result is one of the highest rate of metabolic disorders in the EU such as diabetes, also highest rate of obesity. Before Brits showed up these diseases were unheard of locally.
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I tend to think that the diabetes and obesity in your island have other causes rather than pork and a warm climate. In Vietnam, which is much closer to the equator than your island, pork has always been the staple meat. Before the country opened up to globalization, diabetes and obesity were unheard of, but they became quite prevalent after. I guess it has something to do with the toxics in foods and the environment.
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