[Spareribs]

So I am reading the Whitehouse Cookbook 1887 and there is a basic recipe of fried chicken. The recipe is pretty much the same as today's recipe but instead, it tells the reader to fry the chicken in lard and butter.
 
Then when the chicken is cooked, remove the chicken and add flour and cream or milk to the browned bits at  the bottom of the pan and stir to make a creamy gravy. 
 
At the end, the fatty creamy white gravy is added to the lard fried chicken. I love it ! Anything fried should be done with lard and butter! I love these old style recipes that are pro lard, cream and butter. Delicious! 

 

[gbremer]

If you're going to fry something, I see no reason to hold back. Lard, butter, cream et al have gotten a bad rap.

It's the unrestrained eating that's really unhealthy. Moderation would be a much better way to stay healthy. Of course, that takes willpower which I personally find in short supply...

 

[Spareribs]

Yeah I agree.

Also back then people did not eat fried foods that often. I imagine fried foods was rare or at least not as common today so ya might as well and go with the best! Lard rules! Butter is my life!

Interestingly, if you look at old American cook books from the 1800s and pre 1940, oil is rarely mentioned. It's bacon grease, lard and butter that is dominant and people were skinnier back then. So yeah, I'm pro lard! I also never trim away the fat on my pork chops too because fat is my friend.

 

[kjk1281]

Fat is Flavor

 

[Spareribs]

Praise the lard.

 

[chadbang]

Praise the lard.

 
Bwahaha!