Originally Posted by
curiousincident
at least there's no way you can have illusions about how healthful the food you're eating is when you're putting straight up lard on your bread.
Being a poor country, I'd have to imagine it came from necessity to use everything and to get nutrients. I remember hearing in history class that toward the end of WWII, Russians were eating car axle grease (It was made from animal fat) and shoe leather.
This one just happens to be scrumptious. You should see the butchers expression when I ask for the pork fat trimmings.
