Is anyone else using lard now that butter is so expensive?

High cholesterol can be hereditary.
My friend said her DH had a dreadful diet, she tried to get him to eat healthily like her but he would not.
His cholesterol was very low, hers was high.

Hope you get better soon Callistemon ?

MissAdventure

That bears out advice to eat healthily - plenty of fruit, veg, with a limit on processed items.
Not too much fat (of any kind) or sugar, and little alcohol.
I suppose some people need it spelled out more bluntly. me, for one

I eat very healthily low fat, sugar, carbs, little alcohol, as I am prediabetic and have high cholesterol. I have to take statins. High cholesterol can be hereditary.

nanna8

Get well soon Callistemon

Thank you nanna8

It's not about clogging arteries for me, it's just pure solidified animal fat (gagging now)

I weigh 9 and a half stone......eat healthily physically fit so........what is clogging my arteries then please? on statins currently

Oh MA I’m a sucker for all the things that are bad for me, that’s the trouble. Butter, I love it. Cakes, biscuits, and jelly babies, I love those too. I do eat healthy things but I do love the unhealthy things. I’m about to make a coffee victoria sandwich for the barbecue we’re having for the family tomorrow. I tend to bake a cake or pudding most weekends.

That bears out advice to eat healthily - plenty of fruit, veg, with a limit on processed items.
Not too much fat (of any kind) or sugar, and little alcohol.
I suppose some people need it spelled out more bluntly. me, for one

MissAdventure
I can attest to that evidence. Many years ago when my cholesterol was ( probably still is) 9.6) my Dr suggested statins.
We had a long talk about them as I’m against them.
I promised him that I would stick to the no more than 20gm of saturated fat per day. I did this for 3 months. It came down 2 points.
Then he told me he doesn’t believe in statins neither does my dietitian friend.

I don't understand it all myself, maddy.
Perhaps it's a "catch all" way of telling people not to sit stuffing their faces with food thats not good for them, in a way they understand?

It's all a mystery to me, really.

It is worth checking out how thinking changes, though, over the years.

That’s interesting MA I’m obviously behind the times in my thinking. I wonder why drs give give us statins? I have read they’re not beneficial to most people but drs keep prescribing them. I’ve also read the big culprit for blocked up arteries is sugar.
I’m still not going back to lard though, but I do love butter.

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The only time I ever buy lard is in the winter months when I make bird seed cakes for the bird table.

I don't think there is any evidence that lard actually does clog arteries, any more than any other form of fat.

GrandmaSeaDragon

At Secondary school in the 60s, I remember the short crust pastry recipe was for half butter, half lard. Later on, I remember using half butter, half Trex. Nowadays, it’s ready made - good enough for Mary Berry, good enough for me!

I'm with you on that one except for mincepies then I use Mary Berry's all butter and icing sugar.
My parents made chips with beef dripping now you pay premium for triple cooked Dripping chips!

Get well soon Callistemon

CleoPanda, you have expressed my feelings about lard exactly. Disgusting stuff that will clog up your arteries.

Always use Trex (that's once a year for mince pies!)

Thank you all!

I am scooting around on an office chair, damaging the paintwork, spending too much time on GN ?

Lard! Gross animal fat.
Lard is made from 100 percent animal fat (usually pork) that has been separated from the meat. Most lard is made through a process called rendering, whereby the fatty parts of the pig (such as the belly, butt, and shoulder) are cooked slowly until the fat is melted. This fat is then separated from the meat. Once chilled, lard will solidify into a smooth, opaque substance that may or may not have a lingering pork taste, depending on how it's processed.
Oh yuk!

I too did not realise you were laid up Callistemon.
Get mobile soon ?

What’s happened Callistemon? Whatever it is , get well soon.

I’m about to make a coffee victoria sandwich, ready for our barbecue tomorrow.

I used to have Lard all the time, as my mother did before me.
Now I have moved to oils and butter. A little of each does us no harm does it?

I never use lard. Always butter or margarine for all baking.

Thank you Witzend
In the meantime, there's Wimbledon and I have taken up knitting again ?