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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] healthy fats
  • Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 10:16:15 EDT


> >Bev; you can get Crisco, but you can't get butter? I figure that even
> store-bought butter is better than Crisco.

Nothing essentially wrong with store bought butter. In most cases it
hasn't even been pasturized, no need. Store brands are not expensive and
butter
keeps well for a long time. You can genlty heat butter to make the proteins
percipitate out and that leaves you with 'ghee' which is a very good frying
oil so long as you don't over heat it.


>The only fats I use in cooking
> are butter, olive oil, and lard for deep frying (which I rarely do; I
> keep
> the lard in the freezer).
>

I greatly prefer lard but in years when we have no pigs or not enough pigs,
it becomes precious stuff reserved for biscuits and pie crusts. Deep
frying, which we do regularly, is done with coconut oil when there is not
enough
lard. It is a good health choice with its only major drawback being that it
is a bit pricey. You can filter it and use it a long time refrigerated or
not.

James




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