[Sca-cooks] Eskimo ice cream

[Alex Clark]

At 08:32 AM 3/24/2004 -0800, Selene wrote:
>The only full-blooded Inuit person I know was born in LA, so she won't be 
>of much help, but I'll bet a donut that the ancient People did not use 
>Crisco.  <GGG>  On the other hand, it's probably easier to acquire these 
>days than seal fat.  Nobody is going around protesting SAVE THE CRISCOES!
>
>Phillip wrote:
. . .
>>>>>solid vegetable shortening (Crisco works well- regular, not butter 
>>>>>flavored)
>>>>>white fish (preferably a fish that doesn't have a strong taste)
>>>>>white sugar
>>>>>berries
. . .

I'll bet a mouthful of misembec that they didn't use white sugar either. 
And a plateful of cryspes says that they didn't call it ice cream.

But there are people who object to Crisco, and some of them are the same 
ones who object to seal-clubbing. Here's why:
  - Trans fat.
  - Soybean oil is (AFAIK) mainly a by-product of oilcake for livestock 
fodder. (That's why it's so cheap.)

-- 
Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon