Another gem from http://westonaprice.org
At age 101, Dr. J. L Head is still going strong. He lives
alone, cares for himself and has a girlfriend. "The
secret to my long life is simple," he says. "It was the
hog lard I ate in my biscuits. I never ate much light
bread. We had biscuits made out of hog lard. . . I also
ate chili with a lot of grease. Most people don't make
chilli right 'cause they don't like the grease. Chili
has to have grease." (Star-Telegram, June 1999) Lard or
pig fat also figures large in the cuisines of two
population groups noted for longevity--Soviet Georgia and
Vilcabamba in Ecuador. A survey of the Chinese diet
conducted in 1977 found that 65 percent of calories in
the average Chinese diet came from pork--which means that
foods were cooked in lard. (Food in Chinese Culture,
1977) It's time to put our pigs back on the farm and
lard back into American kitchens.
Todd Moody
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