Comment by biophysboy
3 days ago
What annoys me the most is that sat fat is a huge way that sugary products are made more palatable to people. People love butter. It is every chef's 2nd favorite tool, just after salt.
3 days ago
What annoys me the most is that sat fat is a huge way that sugary products are made more palatable to people. People love butter. It is every chef's 2nd favorite tool, just after salt.
Butter is only a favorite because Lard has been some demonized that no chef would ever use it anymore.
That, and the only readily available form of lard stinks of rancid hog.
Approximately nobody has access to high quality leaf lard like the food blogs champion.
Chefs use animal fats all the time. They think about cooking temperature, flavor, etc to make decisions.
Ever spread lard on toast? Do you prefer croissants made with lard? Is everyone's favourite dish these days lard chicken (I mean the Indian dish, not the Soul Food dish, which is of course popular in some locales).
Nope. Butter is favoured because it tastes unctuous. Nothing to do with Big Cow or any special interest lobby local to certain valleys in the USA. Except maybe Big Bacon Drippings, because if there's one thing better for a grill cheese than butter it's bacon grease (thick-sliced sourdough bread, sharp Cheddar cheese, a shmear of chili crisp)
Now, suet has been demonized to the point that nobody makes suet pudding any more. A shame, really.
> Butter is favoured because it tastes unctuous
Oily stuff tastes unctuous.
Butter is favored because most people had it in their youth. Some regions loves Nato and Chicken feet, others cheese and oysters. What's the most delicious? It depends of your own history.
I spread olive oil on my toast and prefer the croissants made with that as well. My favorite dish is fried tempeh.
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I didn't say lard is always better. Different cooking styles demand different things.
Though my grandpa used lard on his bread in the great depression because they couldn't afford butter.
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Excuse me? The trendiest of restaurants around me advertise that they have beef fat fried fries/potatoes.