Many years ago, I had a very bad case of eczema on my hands. Everything I applied to the rash made my skin itch and burn. Because of allergy worries, the dermatologist asked me if I was able to eat pork products, and I told him I could eat pork. He recommended that I slather lard on my hands to soften the skin, then wrap my hands in gauze. It was very soothing. I did this for about a week and my hands healed up beautifully.
@@shalomleftismisalie3470 I'm not sure if lard would be good in India where it is so hot, as it would go rancid. Have you tried lanolin? That is the oil from sheep's wool. I'm sure you could find that online, and that works too!
In North America I think crisco shortening successfully managed to convince just about everyone that lard was super unhealthy and many switched to shortening. One of the best marketing campaigns of all time perhaps? Similar to the butter vs margarine war of decades gone. I switched back to butter and lard about 5 years ago and food tastes much better now. I even fry stuff in lard. A totally superior end result.
Vegetable shortening is horrible, it causes inflammation, it makes food taste dull, and leaves an oily drip on your fried food, same demon a vegetable oil. For me, the inflammation causes my ears to bleed.
When I was a boy, back in the 1950s, we made our own lard. Every time we butchered a hog, we rendered the lard, just like the German lady in your video.
Growing up my parents spread bacon grease on french bread sprinkled with a bit of salt or paprika. They never suffered from eating this from time to time... We as kids did this too until the media and government told us eating things like lard and Bacon grease was bad.... decades of government and media misinformation and disinformation.🤔
My grandma makes special cookies out of lard and butter. Out of all they are my favorite because of the way they´re melting and the slight hint of salinity the lard gives them.
I make pasties (handheld pies stuffed with beef, pork, potato & onion) with a lard crust. It is unbelievably flaky, yet tough enough to hold the whole think together. The flavor is heavenly.
humans need to be in the sun a lot to make vitamin D which is the only vitamin the human body can make but it needs lots of sun to make it. Its not really a vitamin though. So during the winter when their is less sun u will have a vitamin D deficiency. Its why ppl tend to be less happy during the winter and depression is more common in the winter thats down to not enough sunlight for the body to convert into vitamin D. very few foods have vitamin D in them. lard being the best. ppl who work nights will also have vitamin D deficiency cause they dont get as much sun. same as pll who work in factories get very little sun. So to be happier and less depressed u need to spend more time outdoors in the sun.
Should we really be surprised that the old diets were better. It really wasn't until western society started consuming high amounts of sugar and vegetable oils that cholesterol and diabetes start to cause an epidemic of health issues.
@@emmalouie1663 That sounds incredibly expensive for lard. It's usually sold in bricks like butter and usually in the baking section of stores. You also don't have to refrigerate it, so it's sold as a dry good on the shelve.
The thing with war era recipes the emphasis was on getting calories because with rationing the diet was restricted at a level just above subsistence. For hard working laborers they were actually at a level where they lost weight and we're at a risk of malnutrition.
that may be so on some level, but it was found that processed wheat had ZERO nutritional value, thus they started "fortified" bread for the military to confront malnutrition
I began using only lard and olive oil as my fats a couple of months ago. I stir-fry often the love how the lard adds no taste of its own and has a high smoke point. Where flavor is needed, I use olive oil.
I never stopped buying lard because lard makes the best Yorkshire puddings. Some lard in the bottom of your pudding tins and get it smoking hot and you’ll get the best Yorkshire puddings.
I use butter and lard to cook with, as it doesn't cause inflammation like seed oils. It also doesn't raise blood sugar and it makes food satiating. Omega 3 ratio is better than vegetable oil
My grandma used to get the lard from smoked pork bacon, we call it Slanina in Romania, the taste it gives to soups, stews, and pretty much everything you cook with is amazing. I clearly remember the fries she used to make with smoked lard, with a few cloves of garlic and some grated cheese on top, absolutely delicious.
I Remember the days when there was always a chip pan left out in the kitchen. My grandmother would put two tablets of lard into the pan, heat it up and cook chipped potatoes, the best ever chips, I even do that myself sometimes. She would after use put the pan to one side with a lid, let it cool and set, then use it quite a few times before throwing away and starting again. Fry an egg in lard, you’ll never turn back. ❤
Lard can be great, but it's highly variable unless you go back to the same producer. But when you find the perfect lard with neutral flavor, you can try a lot of new dishes. Industrially made lard found at some grocery stores is often disappointing.
Lard smoked is better = in smoked slănină, smoked ham, bacon,kaiser, and as jumări+ Plus you can make a soap out of it, a big huge home soap+ you can eat fried pork rinds or make shoes out of it
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
Consider the lilies of the field: how they neither toil nor spin, yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grasses of the field; which are alive today and cast into the oven tomorrow. Will he not much more clothes you, O you of little faith.
Ok I haven't watched the video yet but who wants to bet on whether a large part of this video is going to focus on hyping up lard and comparing it to crisco?
Did you wash your hands ? - you walked through the streets, opened the door to the tea room, shook hands, removed your jacket and immediately crossed your arms and placed your hands directly into your armpits - watched all these things but never saw you wash your hands or at least dry them in a towel - might want to scrutinize your presentations in future
I don't think asking the opinions of someone who produces lard for a living, and then comparing lard to butter, is going to tell you very much about whether lard is healthy or not.
Lard is good for you if you are not allergic to it. Just don't eat too much. All food is good for you but in moderation. We all need a balanced diet. I have health problems because I am allergic to beef and gluten. Its not good to be allergic to food. Also, all food comes from living life forms, even vegetables are alive. Its healthier to cook all food because it helps bring nutrition out of the products, and it makes it easier for our bodies to get the full benefits. The goal is to get enough energy to survive. 👍
Lard is not "good for you." It is indeed less saturated than some tropical oils, but not better than vegetable shortenings. Can you eat lard? Of course. But just because you can eat it in moderation doesn't make it good for you. And cooking doesn't not "bring out nutrients." It actually destroys some nutrients. Some things benefit from cooking, some don't, and some are fin either way. I don't where you got your information from, but it certainly wasn't scientific or fact based.
Many years ago, I had a very bad case of eczema on my hands. Everything I applied to the rash made my skin itch and burn. Because of allergy worries, the dermatologist asked me if I was able to eat pork products, and I told him I could eat pork. He recommended that I slather lard on my hands to soften the skin, then wrap my hands in gauze. It was very soothing. I did this for about a week and my hands healed up beautifully.
Ever since I started using lard instead of vegetable oil and shortening. I never got eczema I used to get it all the time before I switched.
@@dragonskunkstudio7582 wow!
this sounds like an old remedy I've heard of before like in old-timey books
Wow! Where do we get them? My hands and feet are dry. I'm from India. Do we get lard from online stores?
@@shalomleftismisalie3470 I'm not sure if lard would be good in India where it is so hot, as it would go rancid. Have you tried lanolin? That is the oil from sheep's wool. I'm sure you could find that online, and that works too!
In North America I think crisco shortening successfully managed to convince just about everyone that lard was super unhealthy and many switched to shortening. One of the best marketing campaigns of all time perhaps? Similar to the butter vs margarine war of decades gone. I switched back to butter and lard about 5 years ago and food tastes much better now. I even fry stuff in lard. A totally superior end result.
Less inflammation
Far better.
Like the beating that coconut oil got from the soy oil industry
Vegetable shortening is horrible, it causes inflammation, it makes food taste dull, and leaves an oily drip on your fried food, same demon a vegetable oil. For me, the inflammation causes my ears to bleed.
IMO only the city people used crisco. Farmers and Ranchers always stuck with lard and butter as it was always much cheaper for us
Margarine and vegetable shortening are The Killers a most bakeries today use them because they're cheap
When I was a boy, back in the 1950s, we made our own lard. Every time we butchered a hog, we rendered the lard, just like the German lady in your video.
I was a kid in the 90s and we still did that... different country however ;) I feel like nobody does that anymore unfortunately.
My family still do this. But, unfortunately, finding a good quality hog is far and few these days.
I'm loving these longer episodes. Keep up the good work!
My grand grandma ate lard on bread with onion slices, salt, and a glass of soured milk for breakfast.
She lived to 92.
Soured milk? Isnt that yogurt?
Growing up my parents spread bacon grease on french bread sprinkled with a bit of salt or paprika. They never suffered from eating this from time to time... We as kids did this too until the media and government told us eating things like lard and Bacon grease was bad.... decades of government and media misinformation and disinformation.🤔
@@chinaboss6683 Almost... In Romania we call it *"lapte bătut."*
That sounds awful
@@chinaboss6683 No, it's somewhat similar to buttermilk.
Chicken fried in lard. Amazing. And natural. Not processed.
My grandma lived to 93 frying with lard.
Butter Bob Briggs would agree
@@tilermanthat in itself sounds delicious
My grandma makes special cookies out of lard and butter. Out of all they are my favorite because of the way they´re melting and the slight hint of salinity the lard gives them.
maybe she puts salt in the cookies, where does a person even get real lard
@@emmalouie1663 farmer's markets...or by just making your own
@@emmalouie1663it's hard to find a shop that doesn't sell lard
I make pasties (handheld pies stuffed with beef, pork, potato & onion) with a lard crust. It is unbelievably flaky, yet tough enough to hold the whole think together. The flavor is heavenly.
Make my dumplings with beef suet. Yummy!
Pasties are good and plentiful on the Michigan UP
Good to know lard is such a good source of vit D, my blood work came back showing a severe D deficiency so I've been taking supplements.
humans need to be in the sun a lot to make vitamin D which is the only vitamin the human body can make but it needs lots of sun to make it.
Its not really a vitamin though.
So during the winter when their is less sun u will have a vitamin D deficiency. Its why ppl tend to be less happy during the winter and depression is more common in the winter thats down to not enough sunlight for the body to convert into vitamin D.
very few foods have vitamin D in them. lard being the best.
ppl who work nights will also have vitamin D deficiency cause they dont get as much sun. same as pll who work in factories get very little sun.
So to be happier and less depressed u need to spend more time outdoors in the sun.
Polish smalec on good rye bread with onion and pickled cucumber washed with cold wódka 👍🏻
Tak! Zajebiste kurwa! Pozdravujem zo Slovenska
Same in Ukraine, also instead of onion we use garlic
Praise the 'Lard'
Should we really be surprised that the old diets were better. It really wasn't until western society started consuming high amounts of sugar and vegetable oils that cholesterol and diabetes start to cause an epidemic of health issues.
salt, sugar, junk it's all inexpensive to make and bad for people, I looked up the cost of lard at my local healthfood store it's $15.00 a jar for it
@@emmalouie1663 That sounds incredibly expensive for lard. It's usually sold in bricks like butter and usually in the baking section of stores. You also don't have to refrigerate it, so it's sold as a dry good on the shelve.
MdDonalds used to fry their fries in lard. They had a difficult time getting a similar flavor when they switched to vegetable oil.
Beef tallow actually
Same. My aunt Anna made the best pies using lard & now I use it
It was the margarine companies spreading rumours about lard pun intended
lol i like that pun
In what way is that a pun?
Spreading margarine spreading rumours🤔
My father, his sibling and his cousins love lard, they live until their 80ties. Strong and healthy.
Lard spread on warm bread, salt and paprika. Heaven ❤️
Hungarian?
I am rised with this . Best childhood memories 😀
This is Balkan comment 100% :D
PS: It's a staple food of my childhood too.
Absolutely
Words to love by, “Everything in Moderation”!
I've wanted to live in the world of Lard my entire life and now here it is. THANK YOU! 🐖
I'm fortunate to have access to homemade clean flavorful lard made by a local hog farmer it is amazing.
Could you ship me some?lol
The thing with war era recipes the emphasis was on getting calories because with rationing the diet was restricted at a level just above subsistence. For hard working laborers they were actually at a level where they lost weight and we're at a risk of malnutrition.
that may be so on some level, but it was found that processed wheat had ZERO nutritional value, thus they started "fortified" bread for the military to confront malnutrition
Can we acknowledge that a monster somewhere adds kale to their pizza!
🤮🤮🤮
There are people who eat lard/pork and you think kale on pizza is the worst thing?
Chips cooked in lard are something else.
Sweet potato chips are amazing. I was told there is more fiber in sweet potatoes so it's better for diabetics.
@@dragonskunkstudio7582 You dont need fiber, fiber worsen constipation.
@@dragonskunkstudio7582 sweet potato spikes your insulin less so yeah its better than potatoes for diabetics
@@LB-lb7pm It spikes less because of the fiber.
@@archie_wathanks for that incredible reply…
You can't beat bread and dripping with the lovely brown jelly you get when cooking a joint of beef delicious
I began using only lard and olive oil as my fats a couple of months ago. I stir-fry often the love how the lard adds no taste of its own and has a high smoke point. Where flavor is needed, I use olive oil.
I never stopped buying lard because lard makes the best Yorkshire puddings. Some lard in the bottom of your pudding tins and get it smoking hot and you’ll get the best Yorkshire puddings.
sounds good
I use butter and lard to cook with, as it doesn't cause inflammation like seed oils.
It also doesn't raise blood sugar and it makes food satiating.
Omega 3 ratio is better than vegetable oil
The cheap lard in most UK supermarkets is a million miles away from the lard produced on the German organic farm.
A classic pastry from the Mystic Island of Siquijor, Philippines called Torta is baked with Lard.
My grandma used to get the lard from smoked pork bacon, we call it Slanina in Romania, the taste it gives to soups, stews, and pretty much everything you cook with is amazing.
I clearly remember the fries she used to make with smoked lard, with a few cloves of garlic and some grated cheese on top, absolutely delicious.
When I was a kid I remember bakeries selling Lardy cakes...not had one for years...I actually like to roast potatoes in butter and lard.
Toast and beef dripping...... this is what the world should be made on
Lard makes the best scones.
Lard is awesome
I've bought some today. A decent fry up tomorrow morning
He’s livin’ lardge
Loved the pork farmers Porsche tractor.
you can buy lard at Walmart. the problem is the Walmart brand has been hydrogenated. not good.
I like using lard to bread it make kneading easier without making the bread dryer because of adding more flour.
Thanks for the tip!
I grew up on chips deep fried in Lard but, only cos we never had enough ripping.
glad I heard the warning at the end as I would have been one to go by any lard 😁
🤣😂🤣😆 every time they say lard scream lard and counted
I think Krispy Kream in the 90s used lard. Very addictive
I Remember the days when there was always a chip pan left out in the kitchen. My grandmother would put two tablets of lard into the pan, heat it up and cook chipped potatoes, the best ever chips, I even do that myself sometimes. She would after use put the pan to one side with a lid, let it cool and set, then use it quite a few times before throwing away and starting again. Fry an egg in lard, you’ll never turn back. ❤
Just think. After we demonized lard in the late 50's and 60's heart disease went up. We were starving our hearts of needed fats.
When I make pie crust I am one of the people that uses both butter and lard to get the best of both.
Lard can be great, but it's highly variable unless you go back to the same producer. But when you find the perfect lard with neutral flavor, you can try a lot of new dishes. Industrially made lard found at some grocery stores is often disappointing.
@Bartosz Brown good idea
I have been around for 63 years and I fry in lard since forever ❤
My grandfather told me lard was the life savings of a 🐷 pig
Half the price, 20% more calories than butter? I'm sold. Best way to get your calorie intake and be on a budget.
Lard smoked is better = in smoked slănină, smoked ham, bacon,kaiser, and as jumări+ Plus you can make a soap out of it, a big huge home soap+ you can eat fried pork rinds or make shoes out of it
I asked local grocery store for lard...don't even carry it...ahh, now I see "make your own"...good vid
If you eat bacon you've been eating lard. It's great.
Not even close
@@robertbarnes9005 → Ger educated before you spout.
Im American we use lard it taste delicious cookn with it
Lard will make a come back I bet
Thanks for shareing
Lard and tallow are great for health and flavor.
The down side of making people aware of what is better for you is that the price always go up because they know people want it.
I'm living lard and the donkey's kickin every night!! 😂
I started eating lard back when I was a paperboy during the Jack the ripper murders. Ain't done me no harm
I made a mistake and bought Armour Lard. I read on the back that it has hydrogenated and regular lard. I guess I've learned my lesson.
We made our own lard after a slatter. No waste.
Lard is a super food
Whoever has the fork in hand
Controls the meal of its choice
Seeing comments and videos like this make me see there are actually people who do lard.
He was a bit tipsy there 🤣
IN THE PHILIPPINES WE EAT RICE AND LARD WITH BAGOONG
Try lard with cayenne power. It's delicious. I think it's my recipe..
4:24 ah? is there a missing step here?
The only use I ever will have for shortening will be as candles.
No other way to make great roast potatoes, than cook them in lard.
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
Consider the lilies of the field: how they neither toil nor spin, yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grasses of the field; which are alive today and cast into the oven tomorrow. Will he not much more clothes you, O you of little faith.
You said the price is not the most expensive in Bordeaux, yet ranked it 6/10? Surely their prices not being the highest is a good thing no?
‘Lard is for cool people and not just fatties’ bit grim
Ok I haven't watched the video yet but who wants to bet on whether a large part of this video is going to focus on hyping up lard and comparing it to crisco?
Stick to lard and butter and you can't go wrong.
jeez everything need in moderation level...when can i eat whatever i like and stay healthy
Today
Only works when you're young. Later you realize everything is a poison in high enough quantities
Right, that settles it, i'm off to the shops, to buy some lard! Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Did you wash your hands ? - you walked through the streets, opened the door to the tea room, shook hands, removed your jacket and immediately crossed your arms and placed your hands directly into your armpits - watched all these things but never saw you wash your hands or at least dry them in a towel - might want to scrutinize your presentations in future
I don't think asking the opinions of someone who produces lard for a living, and then comparing lard to butter, is going to tell you very much about whether lard is healthy or not.
Dripping sandwiches all round
fries cooked in lard vs lil garlic salt and I will gain 20 pounds in a day and thank you for it
I've been thinking about this,my conclusion is just the name Lard,that folks turn a cold shoulder to.
But that's a uneducated guess is all.😅
This episode is slightly lardy dardy!
All, we use is lard ,only way of cooking beans
Lard vs Butter really isn't a good debate. They're both better than these seed oils. Pretty much we should be eating animal fats
Is lard healthier than vegetable oil?
Probably would depend on how both are process and how much they are heated.
Yes, that's for sure.
Lard is good for you if you are not allergic to it. Just don't eat too much. All food is good for you but in moderation. We all need a balanced diet. I have health problems because I am allergic to beef and gluten. Its not good to be allergic to food. Also, all food comes from living life forms, even vegetables are alive. Its healthier to cook all food because it helps bring nutrition out of the products, and it makes it easier for our bodies to get the full benefits. The goal is to get enough energy to survive. 👍
Lard is not "good for you." It is indeed less saturated than some tropical oils, but not better than vegetable shortenings. Can you eat lard? Of course. But just because you can eat it in moderation doesn't make it good for you.
And cooking doesn't not "bring out nutrients." It actually destroys some nutrients. Some things benefit from cooking, some don't, and some are fin either way.
I don't where you got your information from, but it certainly wasn't scientific or fact based.
Bat Brat Mandy Close, the goal is to get enough nutrition to survive and thrive. 🤓🍻
Bacon
Oh my Lord, I send my prayers. I wouldn't know what to do without my steak.
Is it possible to be allergic to lard?
Fats are now shown to be one of the best foods a person can eat, swap out the carbs people.
Lard is the key to a flaky pie crust
I can a tub of lard, is it the same thing? Like can I eat it
Save your Lard , don't dump in the sink .
Bread and dripping?
relatable
Brown pastry 😝
I miss kings of the wild
Everything in moderation except sugar, that is the real evil.
easy, a little lard is good, lots or lard is not good
Lard tastes weird😢