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Can you ever imagine a lard shortage happening in the good old US of A? Fie on thee, Poland and Hungary, and your hog fat hogging lard lusting ways! Fie! England wants its figgy pudding!! Britannia wants its figgy pudding!!!
(Hat tip to loyal reader EDog)
heh heh...There just may be a lard shortage here in the US of A. Lard-ass? That’s another story…
I have a Thanksgiving story for you. This year’s meal was cooked by a family friend. He is a younger son who has recently finished culinary school. As his mom proudly told us, “He’s been cooking since Tuesday!”
What does this have to do with lard? He put peach pie on the menu for dessert, with homemade crust. He and his older brother went to the nearest supermarket with quality food items, which happened to be a Whole Foods store. Since they have many comestibles, and lard was required for the pie crust recipe, the chef kindly asked them for some lard. The clerk was apparently affronted by this request. “This is Whole Foods! We don’t sell LARD!“
Well, you sell all kinds of other meat...Why not lard too?
I am now intensely curious to find out how hard it is to find lard. Should be reasonably easy around here in NoVA, right? Hey Buckethead! If I get some lard, can you and Mrs. B use it? Funny, I don’t have many lard-based recipes and peach pie is a no-no for me.
Posted by mapgirl on 12/01 at 11:53 PMMaps, that’s weird and entertaining.
But then I suspect that Trader Joe’s doesn’t keep lard on hand either, and that’s mine and Ms. Johno’s weapon of choice when it comes to cheap and excellent comestibles. I do know for a fact, however, that the megachains in the area-- Stop N Shop, Shaw’s, etc. , as well as the local Polish-Italian mom ‘n’ pop, all carry lard.
Want me to send the Bucketheads some lard?
Posted by Johno on 12/02 at 01:46 PMJ,
If there’s no lard there, but lard up here, and they want some, and you have some...you could set yourself up as a lard broker.Posted by GeekLethal on 12/02 at 02:40 PMWow… the exciting world of fats arbitrage. I’ve always wanted to get into high finance!!
Posted by Johno on 12/02 at 02:45 PMI go to the local Safeway for a white plastic tub labeled “Manteca.” There is no need to send animal fat to Casa de Buckethead.
Thanks, GL, Johno for making me snort Diet Coke through my nose twice in a minute. Lard Broker. Fat Arbitreur. Heh.
Posted by Buckethead on 12/02 at 03:26 PMB- That’s Fat Arbitrageur. Get it straight! LOL. Who am I kidding? You know I can’t spell in French…
I am SO relieved that lard is readily available at home here in VA.
J- TJ’s is my local market of choice. I find I cannot resist their products and wine selection. I’m not a fan of Two Buck Chuck, but I did get a nice Coppola Claret the other day. The cheese there is quite nice too.
Posted by on 12/02 at 11:32 PMI guess I was in too much of a hurry to get my comment up to actually check the spelling.
Posted by Buckethead on 12/03 at 12:00 AM
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