# The yuppies have discovered lard! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148 "2008-09-18T14:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/1 "2008-09-18T14:48:55Z")
I know from other threads that many of us already know the [yumminess](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/16/FDI7124Q6V.DTL) of this simple delicacy when used properly. Yum. Lard french fries. šŸ˜‰ Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/2 "2008-09-18T15:04:38Z")
Used right, itā€™s quite something. I was out of town last week, and one of the best things I ate was a little piece of toast topped with lardo, honey and vinegar. Okay, _several_ little pieces of toast. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/3 "2008-09-18T15:05:47Z")
Best grease in the world for pie crusts. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/4 "2008-09-18T15:27:20Z")
My parents once had an aquaintance who was very health-conscious, and always ate sugar-free this, low-fat that, whole-grain the other. But he did have a fondness for ginger snaps. He was always rhapsodizing about the ginger snaps his mother used to make. My mother, and her friends, tried to find the recipe, but to no avail. The cookies were never quite as good as his motherā€™s. One day, something he said reminded Mom of something Dad had once said about his auntā€™s ginger snaps. Mom asked the aunt about her recipe. She said ā€œI just use the Betty Crocker Cookbook recipe. But instead of shortening, I use bacon grease.ā€ Mom cooked up a batch, and took them to the friend. He was ecstatic! He asked Mom what the difference was. Mom just said, ā€œYou donā€™t want to know.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/5 "2008-09-18T15:44:04Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Best grease in the world for pie crusts. Absolutely, for both flavor and texture. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/6 "2008-09-18T19:14:08Z")
Well, if the beautiful people in SF say lard is OK again, I know what Iā€™m putting in my biscuits on Saturday morning! Long live the fat of the pig! šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/7 "2008-09-18T19:42:20Z")
The longer I live, the more vindication my motherā€™s Mennonite ways are receiving. She always had a container of bacon grease in the fridge, and cooked with lard. (Mmm, bacon grease sandwich with salt. Mmm, home made lard-cooked french fries.) ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/8 "2008-09-18T20:57:53Z")
Lard is passe. Duck fat cooked french fries are where itā€™s at. Long live duck fat! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/9 "2008-09-18T23:07:35Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Best grease in the world for pie crusts. Absolutely. Pie crust without lard is inedible. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/10 "2008-09-18T23:34:14Z")
ā€¦and none of your Armour Lard in four sticks in a box. Iā€™m lucky enough to drive by a Mennonine/Amish grocery every night on the way home from work here in Ohio, and buy a pound of fresh lard once a month. Couldnā€™t do without. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/11 "2008-09-19T00:13:58Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > ā€¦and none of your Armour Lard in four sticks in a box. > > Iā€™m lucky enough to drive by a Mennonine/Amish grocery every night on the way home from work here in Ohio, and buy a pound of fresh lard once a month. Couldnā€™t do without. Oh yeah. There are 2 or 3 mexican stores near me that sell (imported) fresh lard (manteca). No, none of that stick stuff. Not if you can get the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/12 "2008-09-19T08:09:03Z")
If lard is back on the menu, surely the time is right for America to rediscover the joys of suet? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/13 "2008-09-19T08:17:24Z")
Tex-Mex food without lard really isnā€™t Tex-Mex, either. Flour tortillas made with anything else just wonā€™t do. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/14 "2008-09-19T13:37:46Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Tex-Mex food without lard really isnā€™t Tex-Mex, either. Flour tortillas made with anything else just wonā€™t do. Have a recipe/procedure by any chance??? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/15 "2008-09-19T14:30:00Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > If lard is back on the menu, surely the time is right for America to rediscover the joys of suet? All my neighborhood wild birds are pissed off at me because Iā€™ve lately failed to provide them with suet. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yuppies-have-discovered-lard/464148/16 "2008-09-19T16:14:55Z")
Funny you mention that, mangeorge! I was just coming here to say that I noticed lard is now ā€œinā€ ā€“ after I bought a couple of pounds of it at the grocery a couple weeks ago. Not to make pie crust, but to whip up some homemade suet for my birds! However, Iā€™ve been pretty tempted to make a pie, with all this lard pie crust talk.