One obvious advantage of eating lard is that
It smells good… … …
A bowl of simple lard mixed rice can often make picky gourmets cry.
For the Chinese, the glistening pot of lard in the refrigerator is an essential family delicacy. Whether it is rice, noodles, wonton, green vegetables… just add a spoonful of lard, it can produce magical magic.
However, this may also be the only advantage of lard…
Why is lard so fragrant?
Oil and oil are different. Lard has two major characteristics, one is its advantages and the other is its disadvantages.
First of all, the advantages are special! No! Xiang!
In the age of material shortage, many meals will add some lard to Titian. Even the most common green vegetables, with a little lard, will become attractive in an instant, such as oil residue pakchoi, drooling when thinking about it!
The full pork flavor mainly comes from the decomposition products of some trace special proteins and glycerides.
Smelling fragrance and eating more fragrant are probably the most (only) and (1) advantages of lard.
As for the disadvantage, the saturated fat content is too high.
There is enough saturated fat to blend oil with starch, cellulose and so on, and the taste will be more crisp and lubricant. However, lard, which is as smooth as paste, has a saturated fat content of 39%.
Lard really can’t be eaten more!
There is an online saying that [lard is healthier than vegetable oil]:
Experiments have proved that vegetable oil is more likely to produce carcinogens at high temperatures, while lard and coconut oil are much better.
In the past, people ate lard and had less heart disease. Now everyone has changed to vegetable oil and had more heart disease, so lard is better than vegetable oil.
Can this lead to the conclusion that lard is healthier than vegetable oil?
1. The cooking temperature is reasonable, just use vegetable oil.
At high temperatures, most vegetable oils do produce many harmful substances. However, as long as you choose the right vegetable oil, such as olive oil, and control the cooking temperature (less frying and more stewing), you can effectively reduce the harmful substances.
2. If you really want to prevent heart disease, eat less lard.
Now living conditions have improved and life expectancy has increased, but cardiovascular diseases are increasing. This result is related to all kinds of unhealthy lifestyles, but it is definitely not due to eating vegetable oil instead.
Compare lard with ordinary vegetable oil, for example, olive oil has a saturated fat content of 14%, while lard has a saturated fat content of 39%…
If you really want to prevent heart disease, you should stop cooking with lard. You will eat a lot of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol.
If the blood lipid itself is abnormal, it is even more important to shut up and limit saturated fat.
Dietary guidelines in all countries recommend reducing saturated fat intake. Considering health, eat less lard if you can, and if you have to eat it…
How much lard can you eat at most?
The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents recommend that the intake of saturated fat should not exceed 10% of the total daily calories.
Let’s calculate it:
The average adult woman needs about 1,800 kilocalories a day, so saturated fat should be controlled within 20 grams. If it is all converted into lard, it is 50 grams.
It seems that the quota is quite abundant…
But lard is not the only one with saturated fat.
Meat, eggs, milk, nuts, biscuits, cakes and edible oil eaten every day all contain saturated fat. It is likely that lard will not be available before it comes on stage, which is far beyond the standard.
Lard mixed rice, onion cake, bacon and vegetable rice, eight treasures rice, lard/oil residue fried × ×… No matter sweet, salty, meat or vegetarian, lard can be available.
Like many traditional Chinese snacks: salty and delicious souffles, rose cakes with rich flower fragrance, all kinds of moon cakes, sweet and glutinous glutinous rice balls (New Year’s Day is coming soon)…
Lard is indispensable for layers of crisp cake crust and delicate and smooth stuffing.
Although lard is very fragrant, there are still two sincere suggestions:
- Don’t eat lard; If you have to eat, you can’t eat more anyway.