[Sca-cooks] lard vs. olive oil vs. butter
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Fri Nov 21 22:52:52 PST 2008
Bear said:
<<< From what I've read, the local fats of southern Europe tended to
be lard
rather than butter and I'm curious as to how extensively butter was
used in
the Moslem cultures of the period. >>>
Yes, we've discussed butter use in southern Europe previously. But I
thought the alternative was olive oil, although lard is also likely.
Butter being used less because it doesn't keep as well in warmer
climates. But when was olive oil used vs. lard? Why would each be
used? I might at first say lard was cheaper than olive oil, but that
might not have been the case in the Middle Ages.
Like butter, lard wouldn't have been used on fish days, right? And
lard, typically (always?) from pigs wouldn't have been used in the
Moslem parts of southern Europe.
Stefan
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