Chief Longwind Of The North
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Butter is not all fat; it also contains water, protein, vitamins A and D and potassium. I'm not claiming it's a health food, but as with so many things, it's fine in moderation. I think your reserved animal fats are pretty much just fat, though.
I wrote a paper in college about the psychology of marketing. I'm not easily taken in by that
Ah, but did you know that pork fat contains less cholesterol than does butter? Lard, of course is made from rendered pork fat.
And just so we keep things in perspective, cars are more deadly than either butter or animal fat. And I can't' prove it, but mosquitoes are probably more deadly as well. They are on my mind right now because my left wrist and arm are eaching like crazy due to those little buggers. One of the bites is right under my watch band and is irritated by it. With all of the bug bites you get every summer up here in the U.P., you'd think you would develop a resistance. I need to start eating more garlic. It helps keep the mosquitoes away, but not the black flies, no-see-ums, or deer flies. And they all just ignor bug spray.
Ok, eveyone can get back on topic now. I'm through ranting about biting bugs. At least I've not been attacked by horse flies yet.
Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North