Did anyone here listen to the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme podcast, A Fat Lot of Good? Dispels a lot of the myths about what oils etc. are good for us and what are not.
Ghee seems to be King of the Castle and a very warm welcome back to Lard.

Very good educational podcast, worth a listen.

T63

What about dripping? Or is that still filed under A for avoid?

Neither dripping nor lard (nor butter, nor full-fat milk, nor Jersey cream) have ever been filed under 'A for Avoid' in my household -- roasts, batter puddings, etc., are cooked in dripping, pancakes in lard, 1/4" slices of butter separate the two halves of a toasted hot-cross bun, etc.  We eat by taste, not by dictat or fiat -- my wife weighs just over eight stone, and at the age of 69 I weigh 12 stone 4, so neither of us are "barrels of lard" by any stretch of the imagination.

** Phil.

I agree with you Phil -

Lard was proved somewhere that it is actually good for you - i will try and dig it out again..

p.s. i love butter in scrambled eggs and all the usual - baking etc

best, Rich

One of my favorites as a kid was toast and beef dripping and at Christmas turkey dripping.

London.

The new thinking is drop the vegetable oils which can become harmful when heated and go back to butter, lard, ghee and coconut oil.

I spotted a Lard Lad donut eaterie at Universal Studios in Florida 2 years back.

You can spot plenty of Lardy lads and lasses in Florida, many of them trundling around the theme parks on their "strollers" (electric wheelchairs for people too lazy to walk).

They hire those to get preferential positions in the queues (lines) - treated as Disabled.