Lard for Life

 

                                                                                    Retro   

My farmer father with my brothers worked incredible hours to "put food on the table". Mom raised an immense garden to can and freeze. We ate well and were richly provided with food.  

So looking at the LARD and its happy people made me giggle. When a hog was taken to slaughter and butcher, we had tidily wrapped frozen good stuff in the freezer, and, as an added present, we had a new fresh 5 gallon tin of white lard.

The female ancestors of my family knew how to bake pies, oh boy, using lard for the crust. BEST CRUST ever. Fried chicken could not be more crispy and delicious except when fried in LARD. 

It

                                                            My mother would be horrified.

                                                               Gotta have it

                                                                                                                                         

So many stories about lard can be told, not all pleasant.

 

The journey continues with my hand. See the Dr. tomorrow. Please leave messages...your words are a bright spot in my day.

D is for "Did you know that...."

Did you know that….

…the FDA allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments, AND one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter?

                                                     

…eating healthy food is about $1.50 more than eating diet foods?

…in China and certain parts of India, eating mice are considered a delicacy?

…A 16 cup of buttered movie theater popcorn has more grams of fat in it than a bacon and egg breakfast, a Big Mac with fries, and a full steak dinner all combined? (Some modifications have been made since this report was released.)

…Americans spend almost half of their food budget for eating out; this means that out of $6,000, $2,700 is spent on eating out.  Wow.

…America’s favorite snack food (eaten while watching TV.) is potato chips, which are devoured at a rate of 1.2 billion pounds a year?

so cute

Now, get out and buy some carrot sticks and celery!!

Remember the movie...Them?