Lard

Lard is an animal fat produced from the fatty or otherwise unusable parts of pig carcasses.

Related Topics:
Animal fat - Pig

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It is used for cooking, commonly used in British, German, Polish, Mexican, and Norwegian cuisines. Pure lard is especially useful for cooking since it produces very little smoke when heated. Toward the late 20th century lard began to be regarded as less healthy than vegetable oils such as olive and sunflower.

Related Topics:
Cooking - British - German - Polish - Mexican - Norwegian - 20th century - Vegetable oil - Olive - Sunflower

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Lard was widely used as a butter substitute during World War II when butter was unavailable. As a waste product of pork production, lard has historically been cheaper than vegetable oils and thus featured prominently in poor people's diet until the industrial revolution made vegetable oils more affordable. Rendered lard has also been used to produce cakes of soap.

Related Topics:
Butter - World War II - Pork - Industrial revolution - Rendered - Soap

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The highest grade of lard, known as 'leaf lard', is obtained from the leaf fat that surrounds the kidneys. The lowest grade is obtained from around the small intestines.

Related Topics:
Kidney - Small intestine

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Each 100 grams of Lard contains the following:

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• 900 Calories
• 39g Saturated fat
• 95mg Cholesterol
• 45g Monounsaturated fatty acids
• 11g Polyunsaturated fatty acids
• 0.6mg Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
• 0.1mg Zinc
• 0.2mg Selenium
 
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