On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 3:32:12 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> I rarely have the opportunity to watch, but I is usually pretty good.
> This afternoon they cooked carnitas. Since the meat was cooked in lard
> they had a review of lards. A guy had cooked three batches of biscuits,
> each using different brand of lard. One of the hostesses did a taste
> taste. She thought they all tasted pretty good and when forced to make a
> choice she chose the one in the middle, which was made with the mid
> range product. One of the others was made with a lard that is available
> online only, and sells for more than $11 per pound. The other also ran
> was cheap brand that sells for $1.69. Considering how similar the
> finished biscuits were. It is hard to say that it is with it to spend
> the extra money on the expensive lard when that cost 6 times are much.

It's possible the cheap lard is hydrogenated. Someone who's advised
to limit trans fats might wish to spend the big bucks. Or the medium bucks.

> The other dish they cooked was shrimp tacos. Wow they looked good.

I'll have to look for that episode.

Cindy Hamilton