British Expatriate Network

Mmmm.

http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3713028.stm

Ukrainians celebrated their love of pork fat at the weekend by consuming a giant sandwich filled with 40 kilos of the "delicacy" called salo.

And according to The Times

"LARD may be unfashionable but there is a national shortage which is threatening supplies of Christmas cakes and mince pies.

Even Yorkshire pudding could be missing from this weekend’s Sunday roast.

Many supermarkets have been out of lard for the past two weeks and traditional pastry cooks have had to scour corner shops for a pack.

There has probably never been such a rush for lard since wartime rationing or the austerity years of the 1950s."


If I remember right Ukraine's mational dish is a "cheesecake" that is basically lard covered in chocolate. Oh dear.

didn't we do this last year?

Yep. It's always the highlight of our calendar.

you're turn to make the Salo, I'll be round in a bit.

You want chocolate with that?

no mate, I like my Lard naturelle......

I used to have a VIZ t-shirt that had this 1950s family grinning on it.

'They're Happy 'Cos They Eat Lard!' read the slogan.

And then in smaller letters below, 'Issued by the Lard Information Council'.

lol

I for one cannot believe how expensive lard is over here!!
Over a dollar for just a little tiny block.

Nowt like mushrooms and onions fried up in lard though )

Not to mention putting it on the beef roast to make loads of luvvley dripping )

Mandy

I have never bought lard.

Here's a link for lard fans everywhere; http//www.zen8595.zen.co.uk/lard/index.html

One of my brothers is here for a visit at the moment and he wanted to go to Mass at our local Catholic Church and I went along with him and I couldnt understand why the( born and bred in the Heart of rural Texas) Deacon kept saying Praise the Lard all the time..... D wink

You can buy lard in 5 gallon tubs in the Hispanic section of Wal-Mart here.

*barf*

Lard covered in chocolate for a delicacy - that is a deprived people. (

Weird thing tho Vegas is the Ukrainians decided only a few years ago to plump for lard as their national delicacy. Yes - they chose it.

Utter madness.