On 2020-10-15 4:20 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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.

Actually, they specifically said to avoid the hydrogenated stuff.
>
>> The other dish they cooked was shrimp tacos. Wow they looked good.
>
> I'll have to look for that episode.
>


It was one of the better ones I have seen.