Lard was the canary in the coal mine of culinary correctness.
Rendered pig fat was ubiquitous in human diets for centuries. It was used to fry everything from dough to chicken and was an essential ingredient in pie making.
Lard tragically fell from public favor during the Great War on Monounsaturated Fats in the 20th century.
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Everybody loved lard in the 1960s — yet by the 1980s, nobody dared mention it.
Lard is…