Comments on: A Donut Hole In The Twin Cities

By: aliecat

aliecat — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:07:15 +0000

You would be in a sort of offhand way, mb21, as bacon drippings are also rendered pork fat and used to flavor all sorts of things! The main diff is that Lard is not cured.

BTW, I’m heavily in favor of bringing back the use of lard in pie crusts and the use of shortening for baking cookies. If you’re gonna eat sweets, may as well go all the way, ya know?

By: mb21

mb21 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:13:02 +0000

Lard is just rendered pork fat

So what you're saying is that when I eat my chocolate covered, custard filled delicious pastry I am actually eating bacon.

By: msparber

msparber — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:58:21 +0000

I remember when we were all slaves to Lard Bill. Man, was he mean.

By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:53:29 +0000

The Freedom From Lard Bill? Been there, done that! (See pg. 40 lines 27-28)

You guys are so out of touch.

By: The Rat

The Rat — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:47:58 +0000

The Freedom From Lard Bill

In the not-so-distant-future.

By: shell

shell — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:37:49 +0000

OMG! Dunkin’ Donuts does exist in Minnesota! On Central and 46th-ish in Columbia Heights there’s a donut place called Donut Time/ Depot? that sells real Dunkin’ Dounuts! This is the best day ever…

By: Bixby

Bixby — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:26:52 +0000

@alexis:

Nice.

By: mplskate

mplskate — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:05:58 +0000

a baker’s wife >>>>> mel-o-glaze

By: alexis

alexis — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:05:36 +0000

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:48:48 +0000

Okay. Although I'm not sure lard is better than the other nasty oils.

While I probably wouldn't say "better" the saturated fats are less bad than trans fats. The main difference is that while both kinds increase your cholesterol, saturated fats will raise your HDL levels, while trans fats actually can decrease your HDL while raising your LDLs. So, while both have a net negative impact, saturated fats is less negative.

Unsaturated fats, though can raise your HDLs, while lowering your LDLs.