Lard and food geekdom (wasRe: Flawed Studies--hydrogenated saturated fat)

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>This exists? (totally bewildered)

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> >Most likely. But to answer the question, how about hydrogenated lard?

Yep. Goya is one brand. I was in a normal grocery...but one in the

barrio...where I hoped I might find coconut oil et al. No real lard.

Did buy some kidneys though. (they don't sell many innards in the

'burbs here.) Check the labels if you buy lard. I would guess that

the purpose of hydrogenation is to make sure it doesn't get too soft

in the heat.

Had a little better luck at Wild Oats Market. Bought some

pasteurized-but-not-homogenized whole milk. Tasty! Makes me wonder

what raw milk will be like. It was appalling though...all these

national brands of allegedly wonderful righteous milk, and they were

all ultra-pasteurized. I felt like a real food geek; couldn't even

shop in the health food store.

Made the NT gingerbread Fri. night. Lovely stuff, but real rocket

fuel for me. I cut most of it up into small pieces and froze it. Gave

girlfriend some too...haven't heard the reviews yet.