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Default Lard is the new olive oil
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> Becca > writes:
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> > Not sure what you have tried, but I have been pleased with Armour.
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> The issue with Armour manteca (lard) is not its purity, which I'm sure
> is fine, but the fact it's hydrogenated. This is "currently" a hot-button
> issue with medical types and health nazis. Is it really all that bad?
> Who knows. Perhaps 10 yrs from now it will be discovered it's better
> for you than dark chocolate and red wine. :P

It also has mono- and diglycerides added. For frying
purposes, pure lard would be better.
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