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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
ok....now i am thinkin'......a dangerous thing in its own right, but...
i have this turkey fryer. so far i found peanut oil to be prohibitively expensive cause it takes so much to do a turkey. it's like $29 a gallon.
so - i think i ought to fry a bird in lard which is cheap!! anyone used lard in a turkey fryer rig? mine is propane with a big tall SS pot.
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They use peanut oil in woks because it has a higher flash point. [isn't that what it's called when it starts to burn down the house?]
So...Don't know how lard would stand up in a deep turkey fryer. Better borrow some turn-outs from Soulpatch before you experiment.
[Edited on 6-8-2009 by DENNIS]
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Lard is perfectly safe to deep-fry in. Up until vegetable oil was wrongly substituted, lard was the gold standard as a deep frying medium.
It's good to see that the vegetable oil myth and fat hysteria days are coming to an end. Your body has a limited capacity to absorb fat, so at some
point counting fat calories is invalid. Sugar on the other hand is death by fat.
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About cooking in lard, that's pork fat. Cook a few pounds of cracklins(chunkyarones), then drop a turkey into the pot, let it fry till golden brown.
The rest is history. One of those southern USA traditions.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
(chunkyarones |
Those must be Chinese chicharones. 
Sorry...I tried to fight off the urge but, had no luck.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
(chunkyarones |
Those must be Chinese chicharones.
Sorry...I tried to fight off the urge but, had no luck. |
I'll bite. Would that be the Chinese version of Rice-a-Roni?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
I'll bite. Would that be the Chinese version of Rice-a-Roni? |
Don't mess with the "San Francisco Treat" DanO. They'll come down and march all over your house.
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What ever you want to call 'em. They're pigskins, cut into pieces and fried. Don't understand how you can turn fried pig skins into Rice-a Roni. Must
be one of those California things?
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It's All Schmaltz
Technically, lard, on worldwide basis is not just pork fat. Jews and Muslims who may not eat pork, render the fat from chickens or geese.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
At least now we know Jesse's secret. Old lard. Can't wait to have dinner there again. |
I donīt use lard in my kitchen, we pan sear our Lobsters with olive oil, and then finish them on the mezquite grill. They are not as tender as frying
them in lard, but they are very good.
The recipe i gave is what they use at Puerto Nuevo.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Technically, lard, on worldwide basis is not just pork fat. Jews and Muslims who may not eat pork, render the fat from chickens or geese.
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Now your talking..............Goose fat!
Duck Confit.............duck cooked in Goose Fat.
Probably hard to find in Baja though?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
What ever you want to call 'em. They're pigskins, cut into pieces and fried. Don't understand how you can turn fried pig skins into Rice-a Roni. Must
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chunkyarone -- chunkyaroni -- chunky-A-Roni -- Rice-A-Roni.
Dennis started it, I was just hijacking his hijack. And speaking of alternative spellings for chicharrones, did you know that the Filipino spelling
is tsitsaron? I kid you not. Try saying that ten times fast after a few drinks.
Rice-A-Roni, by the way, is a riff on Armenian rice pilaf that was invented by the wife of one of the sons of the founder of the San Francisco-based
Golden Grain Macaroni Co. (now owned by Quaker Oats). As far as I know, there is no pork rind version of the "San Francisco treat." However, they do
have a "Mexican Style" version (http://www.ricearoni.com/rar_products/product.cfm?productid=...) and some nifty related recipes like the "Nacho Beef Dinner" (http://www.ricearoni.com/rar_recipes/search/recipe.cfm?recip...) and the "Fire & Ice Brunch Skillet" (http://www.ricearoni.com/rar_recipes/search/recipe.cfm?recip...) (not really Mexican, as it uses the Spanish Rice-A-Roni, but who can tell the
difference when it's all covered with cheese and sour cream? And what does the Fire & Ice thing refer to?).
Pretty tame stuff. Someone should lobby them for a menudo flavor, with little bits of freeze-dried tripe and hominy.
Dennis, I hear those wacky NorteCalifornianos want to split the state in half and keep all the water for themselves. Good luck with that.
[Edited on 6-8-2009 by DanO]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
Dennis, I hear those wacky NorteCalifornianos want to split the state in half and keep all the water for themselves. Good luck with that.
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That scares me knowing the governor is insane and desperate.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
Dennis, I hear those wacky NorteCalifornianos want to split the state in half and keep all the water for themselves. Good luck with that.
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That scares me knowing the governor is insane and desperate. |
Maybe so, but many think he is a contender for a senate seat after his terms as governator ends. And the state ain't gonna split. That looniness has
been proposed a couple of dozen times, to no avail. Rural areas need the tax revenues generated by the economic activity in the urban areas, and the
urban areas need the rural areas' resources. And Congress hasn't allowed a state to split since West Virginia in 1861, over their difference of
opinion with Virginia's decision to join the Confederacy.
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OK...Thanks for that.
Now....Explain Nancy Pelosi.
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Hijacker Alert!
Arnie = Fat? OK. Anyone who voted for this idiot shoud be ashamed. How anyone could consider this dim bulb, self-absorbed marooon for anything other
than retirement, blows my mind. Please show me where he has accomplished anything. I'm not a fan of Davis. But at least he had a long standing
experience in state government. Arnie was only interested in massaging his own huge ego. After all is said and done, y'all should realize that Arnie
is a tiny man. what is he? 5'6"?
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Sorry, you'll have to ask a NorteCaliforniano on Pelosi.
[Edited on 6-9-2009 by DanO]
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DENNIS
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Sorry, you'll have to ask a NorteCaliforniano on Pelosi.
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It was a trick question. There is no answer....only painful consequences.
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Thread hijack confirmed!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Arnie = Fat? OK. Anyone who voted for this idiot shoud be ashamed. How anyone could consider this dim bulb, self-absorbed marooon for anything other
than retirement, blows my mind. Please show me where he has accomplished anything. I'm not a fan of Davis. But at least he had a long standing
experience in state government. Arnie was only interested in massaging his own huge ego. After all is said and done, y'all should realize that Arnie
is a tiny man. what is he? 5'6"? |
It was a silly thread anyway.
I hate to say this, but I don't see how anything you've said (the accuracy of which I neither confirm nor deny) disqualifies Arnie from future public
office. In fact, "self-absorbed marooon with huge ego and no accomplishments" could describe any number of American politicians, regardless of party
affiliation or ideology. It's mostly just a popularity contest when you get down to it, especially in California.
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Hijack back to original thread
Feeling guilty about hijacking the thread (Dennis' fault, but I'm an accessory), I thought I'd post a lard recipe. Got this one from the excellent
fooddownunder.com website. Seems a little weird, but anyone who's willing to make it should report on the outcome. You might need to cut down the
size of the recipe, as there will probably be lots of leftovers.
http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipet.cgi?r=71648&y=2...
Title: Cold Lard Omelet
Keys: Cheese Eggs
Yield: 200 Servings
Ingredients:
300 x Eggs
200 tbl Milk
12 1/2 cup Cold lard
200 tbl Cat hair or feathers, etc.
Method:
Combine eggs and milk, beating with a whisk until frothy. Pour into cooking pans, cooking each in one piece, turning each when one side is slightly
less than done.
When the eggs are almost done remove from heat and smooth the cold lard across half of the omelet and fold in half. Sprinkle the hair on top and cut
into as many servings a needed.
[Edited on 6-9-2009 by DanO]
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Mea Culpa...but, that's the name and the essence of the thread..."Lard makes a comeback."
You can't hijack a thread that refuses to die.
Cat hair or feathers? Must be a fiber thing.
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