On Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:12:36 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
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> > "cshenk" wrote in message
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> > Ophelia wrote:
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> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
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> > > On Monday, March 18, 2019 at 2:28:36 AM UTC-10, A Moose in Love
> > > wrote:
> > >> on the front page of the wall street journal, there is usually an
> > >> article that is not necessarily related to business. a few years
> > >> back i read one of these articles. it dealt with lard and
> > >> mentioned how lard contains good heart healthy nutrients. i would
> > >> have never thought so. below is a site which shows some of the
> > >> benefits of good proper lard. i say 'good proper lard' because
> > >> much commercial lard has been hydrogenated. leaf lard is the best
> > >> but it costs. i've read $20.00 per pound, but the link below shows
> > >> a much cheaper price per pound.
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> > >> https://fannieandflo.net/products/1-pound-leaf-lard
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> https://www.prevention.com/food-nutr...e-eating-lard/
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> > > I'll look for lard but it's not going to be easy on a rock that has
> > > hardly any Mexicans. Thanks.
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> > > Odd that. We can buy lard everywhere, but I don't know of any
> > > Mexicans ... ;p
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> > A quick google showed Hawaiians assume Lard is only used by mexicans?
> > Odd since Europeans brought it to them.
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> > http://wildpiginfo.msstate.edu/history-wild-pigs.html
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> > For fun, where the name wall street comes from:
> > https://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2009-04-10/764573/
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> > Anyways, it is a little more commmon where you are but not hard here
> > (or in my previous Hawaii time, hard there).
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> > Perhaps it has changed since your time there?
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> Possible! Not that likely though. More likely is he has a limited set
> of stores he uses so not seeing it.

the sobey's store here has duck fat for sale. never bought any. the old folks used to take a piece of rye bread and spread some duck or goose fat on it along with raw garlic and hot real hot peppers. ouch. not for me though.