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Jean B.[_1_]

Mark Thorson wrote:
> wrote:
>> Becca > writes:
>>
>>> Not sure what you have tried, but I have been pleased with Armour.
>> 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.

I refused to get the lard that is commonly available, precisely
because it was not just lard.

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Jean B.