SC - organ meats

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/24/00 2:55:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, stefan at texas.net 
writes:

<< Cooking oils don't seem to be that common,
 particularly in the quantities needed for deep frying until the 19th
 century and industrial production of vegetable oils. >>

But lard was used in abundance for frying until vegetable oils became common 
in the middle of the 20th century. The lack of vegetable oils in large 
amounts before that time would not have been a factor in determining whether 
deep frying was common or not.

Ras