KF wrote:

>
> We're talking about your feeling versus Loren Cordain, /The Paleo Diet/.
> New York: John Wiley, 2002.  I think Mrs. Cordain may have researched
> this and based it on something other than instinct.  No offense, I just
> can't buy your reasoning.  By the way, she said pork was _fifty-one_
> percent fat.

BTW, MR. Loren Cordain, not Mrs.

 From another book:
Corinne Netzer Complete Book of Food Counts, Dell Books, 1997:

Chicken thigh, with skin, 2.2 oz.   15.5 gr protein, 9.6 gr fat.
Do the math: 15.5*4 = 62 cals, 9.6*9 = 86 cals, no carbs.
That makes it 56% fat, sure enough.  Less if skinless: about 46%.

But I certainly don't find chicken thighs as satisfying as beef, even if the
fat percentage is similar.

Most cuts of pork are even more than 55% fat; leg (fresh ham) is less.

    Lynnet