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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