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In a Polish restaurant, i had a starter of lard on bread - you get some slices of bread, and a pot of lard with little flecks of gherkin or something in it. I w

by twic 8y ago

In a Polish restaurant, i had a starter of lard on bread - you get some slices of bread, and a pot of lard with little flecks of gherkin or something in it. I wasn't all that taken with it, i have to confess. But in Britain we do have, or once had, something distantly related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dripping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dripping https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/dripping-is-one-of-britains-forgotten-ingredients-now-its-making-a-timely-comeback-9800111.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/feat...

projektir 8y ago
> In a Polish restaurant, i had a starter of lard on bread This sounds like something they could do in Ukraine. Was the large a solid piece, or a spread? Eating solid pieces of pork fat is very normal in Ukraine.
- twic 8y ago
  It was like a spread - i could scoop it up with a spoon, rather than having to slice it. I haven't had a chance to try to Ukrainian style solid fat!
  - arkades 8y ago
    Oh, it's a major thing. And it's delicious. You can pick it up in any Russian grocery on the east coast.
- Mediterraneo10 8y ago
  Pork lard is eaten in the same way across Eastern Europe, not just in Poland or Ukraine, i.e. also in Hungary, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, and Russia and among Russians in Central Asia.
  - twic 8y ago
    The Ukrainian version seems to be a particular thing, at least for the Ukrainians: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/salo-ukraine-national-obsession https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/salo-ukraine-n...
    - Mediterraneo10 8y ago
      No. Ukrainians might be more passionate about salo as a "national food", but you will find the same thing in neighbouring countries.
swimfar 8y ago
They still serve it in Germany sometimes. It's called Schmalz.
forestpines 8y ago
When I was a child - northern England, mid-1980s - my grandmother would give me dripping on toast to eat as a special treat.
Wildgoose 8y ago
Toast and dripping (with plenty of salt sprinkled on it) - a fantastic tasty memory from my childhood in the North of England. I'm going to have to get/make some. (I suspect my wife won't be happy).

by twic 8y ago

projektir 8y ago

> In a Polish restaurant, i had a starter of lard on bread This sounds like something they could do in Ukraine. Was the large a solid piece, or a spread? Eating solid pieces of pork fat is very normal in Ukraine.

twic 8y ago
It was like a spread - i could scoop it up with a spoon, rather than having to slice it. I haven't had a chance to try to Ukrainian style solid fat!
- arkades 8y ago
  Oh, it's a major thing. And it's delicious. You can pick it up in any Russian grocery on the east coast.
Mediterraneo10 8y ago
Pork lard is eaten in the same way across Eastern Europe, not just in Poland or Ukraine, i.e. also in Hungary, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, and Russia and among Russians in Central Asia.
- twic 8y ago
  The Ukrainian version seems to be a particular thing, at least for the Ukrainians: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/salo-ukraine-national-obsession https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/salo-ukraine-n...
  - Mediterraneo10 8y ago
    No. Ukrainians might be more passionate about salo as a "national food", but you will find the same thing in neighbouring countries.

swimfar 8y ago

They still serve it in Germany sometimes. It's called Schmalz.

forestpines 8y ago

When I was a child - northern England, mid-1980s - my grandmother would give me dripping on toast to eat as a special treat.

Wildgoose 8y ago

Toast and dripping (with plenty of salt sprinkled on it) - a fantastic tasty memory from my childhood in the North of England. I'm going to have to get/make some. (I suspect my wife won't be happy).