Why do rural people like cooking with lard?

In fact, people in rural areas also eat vegetable oil. In rural areas, peanuts, sesame seeds, rapeseed and so on. They are all planted. These plants are pressed into oil and then used for cooking, but animal oil (lard) is still the main ingredient. In the countryside, productivity was not strong and there was nothing to eat. At the end of the year, pigs will be slaughtered for the New Year, and the meat that can't be eaten will be fried into oil and stored in oil tanks for cooking. Over time, I got used to eating lard. Lard is bright white or yellowish white, and cooking has a special flavor. Many people like cooking with lard.

Nutritional analysis of lard;

Compared with common vegetable oil, the oil of animal oil has irreplaceable special fragrance, which can stimulate people's appetite. Especially when it is matched with radish, vermicelli and bean products, it can get delicious food that other seasonings can't achieve. Animal oil contains many kinds of fatty acids, and the contents of saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids are almost equal. It has certain nutrition and can provide extremely high heat.

In general, lard has high nutritional value and good edible value. Cooking with lard is good for your health, but lard is not suitable for long-term consumption, otherwise it will have adverse effects on your health.

1. What are the benefits of lard cooking to supplement energy?

Lard contains a lot of energy. After exercise or physical labor, you can eat lard stir-fry to supplement the heat lost by your body, or eat a plate of lard stir-fry in cold weather to warm your body quickly.

Lard is suitable for people:

Generally healthy people can eat it. 1. People in cold areas are suitable for eating more; 2. The elderly, patients with obesity and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, patients with exogenous diseases, and those with thin stools are not suitable for eating.

1. Stimulate appetite

Lard cooking has a special flavor that vegetable oil does not have. If the child has anorexia or poor appetite for other reasons, you may wish to eat lard to stir-fry and promote appetite.

2. Tonifying deficiency and moistening dryness

Lard is high in calories and can supplement the energy needed by the body. You can eat lard to cook when you are weak or recovering from a serious illness. Not only that, eating lard often can also relieve symptoms such as depression and dryness.

Dietotherapy of lard:

Lard is sweet, cool and non-toxic; Has the effects of tonifying deficiency, moistening dryness and removing toxic substances; Can be used for treating visceral dryness, adverse stool, dry cough, chapped skin, etc. Can be taken orally, decocted into paste or made into pills. External ointment is applied to the affected area.

Lard is a kind of animal oil, and the saturated fatty acid can reach more than 40%, so it will be creamy and smooth. Saturated fatty acids have been considered to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia and diabetes. Throughout the dietary guidelines of various countries, it is recommended to reduce the intake of saturated fat without exception.

2. Cholesterol

Cholesterol in egg yolk is the most well known. Most elderly friends know that cholesterol is bad for the cardiovascular system, and many friends even go to the point of "smelling cholesterol". By the way, cholesterol is not a scourge or arsenic poison, but the limit is the key, so you don't have to give up eating because of choking.

The storage time of lard should not be too long, especially in summer when the temperature is high, and it is easy to contact with air for oxidation, leading to rancidity and deterioration. Deteriorating lard will produce "spicy taste" and is not suitable for eating.